21. Choose the best variant of the words in the text.

1. ... one cannot help but _________at the tremendous natural beauty of the land.

a) marvel	c) surprise
b) wonder	d) to be struck of

2. ... that gave birth to this _______________ athlete.

a) unbelievable	c) great
b) incredible	d) unexcelled

3. In 1883 Miller ________________ a gymnasium in Liverpool Street, Sydney.

a) discovered	c) opened
b) turned off	d) made it free

22. Open the brackets.

In the eyes of the world Piddubny quickly (to become)_____________ the epitome of the Russian “bogatyr” (mighty man), though he never (to consider)_______________ himself to be Russian, as (to do)__________ others. (However, all Soviet academic reference materials and the latest Russian reference books refer to Piddubny as a Russian sportsman.) In 1939 he (to be given)____________ the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, and in 1945 that of Honored Master of Sports. It (to be)___________precisely this discrepancy in his national identity that (to be)___________the basis for one of the most unpleasant incidents in his biography.

In 1903 Miller (to return)______________ to America and (to be)_____________ manager of the San Francisco Athletic Club and later athletic instructor with the New York police. On 2 March 1872 at Emerald Hill, Melbourne, he (to marry)____________ Lizzie Margery (d.1929), née Trible, daughter of an American Baptist minister; they (to have)__________ no children. From 1917 Miller (to live)___________ in Baltimore where he (to die)__________ on 11 March 1939. He (to be buried)_____________ in the Greenmount cemetery, and the Baltimore Sun (to describe)________ him as “one of the greatest all-round athletes in the world”.

23. Find the mistekes.

He begin his sports career at a turn of the century.
On the eyes of the world Piddubny quickly become the epitome of an Russian “bogatyr” (mighty man), though she never considered himself to is Russian, as did others.
He defeats the Scottish wrestler and weight-lifter Donald Dinnie of dumb-bell contests and later drew with he in a wrestling match despite a broken leeg.
He buried in the Greenmount cemetery, and the Baltimore Sun described him as 'one __ the greatest all-round athletes on the world'.

24. Say true or false.

American-born Ivan Piddubny was once one of the most famous athletes in the world – a legend in his own time.
In 1939 he was given the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, and in 1945 that of Honored Master of Sports.
In the eyes of the world Piddubny quickly became the epitome of the Russian enemy.
In 1886 Miller retired from competitive sport but in America issued challenges in 1889 for boxing, wrestling, fencing and weight-lifting, none of which was taken up.
In 1903 Miller returned to America and was manager of the San Francisco Athletic Club and later athletic instructor with the New York mafia.