Motorbike Stunt Rider
I work
(0) ... a motorbike stunt rider - that is, I do tricks on my motorbike at shows. The Le Mans racetrack in France was
(1) ........ I first saw some guys doing motorbike stunts. I'd never seen anyone riding a motorbike using just the back wheel before and I was
(2) ........ impressed I went straight home and taught
(3) ........ to do the same. It wasn't very long before I began to earn my living at shows performing my own motorbike stunts.
I have a degree
(4) ........ mechanical engineering; this helps me to look at the physics
(5) ........ lies behind each stunt. In addition to being responsible for design changes to the motorbike, I have to work
(6) ........ every stunt I do. People often think that my work is very dangerous, but, apart
(7) ........ some minor mechanical problem happening occasionally during a stunt, nothing ever goes wrong. I never feel in
(8) ........ kind of danger because I'm very experienced.
(Source: FCE Handbook. Reproduced with permission from Cambridge English)