III. READING

  a. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Scuba diving is a sport in which you swim underwater for extended (46)_________. using special equipment. The word Scuba is actually an (47)_________ for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Scuba diving is an excellent (48)_________to see some very beautiful sites: coral diving sites with their colourful sea life are the most famous but other scuba diving (49)_________include shipwrecks and caverns. Scuba diving can also be a very (50)_________sport and in many places it‘s very beginner friendly. Many dive sites are (51)_________(under the care of an instructor) after a short briefing and training dive. You can learn to dive (52)_________; more quickly than you can learn snow sports, for example. It‘s also (53)_________for people with a number of physical disabilities. (54)_________you can use the breathing equipment and are able to successfully propel (55)_________.underwater you may be able to dive.

Scuba diving is a sport in which you swim underwater for extended (46)_________. using special equipment.