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Women have always had a more difficult time in sport 0. than men. However, female boxers 23. ___ found following their sport particularly hard. The 2012 Olympics in London were the first games that allowed women boxers 24. ____ compete and that was when Nicola Adams became the first female gold medal winner. Nicola started 25. ___ when she was just thirteen. She went to classes at a gym 26. ___ her mother was doing aerobics classes and discovered that she loved the sport. Success, however, wasn't easy for Nicola as 27. ___ were very few competitions for women. In fact, women's boxing was banned by the Amateur Boxing Association 28. ___ 1996. Then, 29. ___ lots of discussions, women's boxing became an Olympic sport. Nicola qualified for the British team although she wasn't on top form. She 30. ____ fallen down the stairs a year before and her back was still giving her a lot of pain. But Nicola is a real fighter and the rest is history!

Правильные ответы:

23. have

24. to

25. boxing

26. where

27. there

28. until

29. after

30. had

Полный текст с вставленными словами:

Women have always had a more difficult time in sport than men. However, female boxers have found following their sport particularly hard. The 2012 Olympics in London were the first games that allowed women boxers to compete and that was when Nicola Adams became the first female gold medal winner. Nicola started boxing when she was just thirteen. She went to classes at a gym where her mother was doing aerobics classes and discovered that she loved the sport. Success, however, wasn't easy for Nicola as there were very few competitions for women. In fact, women's boxing was banned by the Amateur Boxing Association until 1996. Then, after lots of discussions, women's boxing became an Olympic sport. Nicola qualified for the British team although she wasn't on top form. She had fallen down the stairs a year before and her back was still giving her a lot of pain. But Nicola is a real fighter and the rest is history!

Краткое объяснение ответов:

• 23. have — Present Perfect: have found (обнаружили, столкнулись).

• 24. to — конструкция allow somebody to do something (позволять кому-либо что-либо делать).

• 25. boxing — после start можно использовать герундий: started boxing (начала заниматься боксом).

• 26. where — относительное наречие места, относится к слову gym (спортзал, где).

• 27. there — конструкция there were (имелось, было).

• 28. until — предлог времени, означает «до» или «вплоть до».

• 29. after — предлог, означающий «после»: after lots of discussions (после многочисленных обсуждений).

• 30. had — Past Perfect: had fallen (упала до того момента, о котором говорится в прошлом).