Th class Date progress check 1

3 Read and choose the correct word.

Atlantic, swam, trips, books, world, traveller

The world-famous Russian (1) ___________ Fyodor Konyukhov was born near the Azov Sea. When he was young he (2) ___________ in the cool winter sea, ran 100 km a day, drank seawater and crossed the Azov Sea in a rowing boat. He crossed the (3) ___________ ocean fourteen times. Fyodor is the fi rst person in the (4) ___________ who has visited the five most dangerous places on our planet. By the age of fi fty he made more than forty (5) ___________ and climbed mountains all over the world. He wrote about his feelings in his paintings and (6) ___________ .