II. READING
Task 1. Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B or C to each of the questions.
Tran Hieu Ngan is a Taekwondo athlete. She participated in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics where she won a silver medal. It was the only medal won by a Vietnamese during those Olympic games and the first of Vietnam’s four Olympic medals.
Tran Hieu Ngan was born in 1974, in a small fishing town in Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen. She wasthe fourth child in a family with eight children. She took up taekwondo when she was 14 and won her first national championship in 1994. She also won an Asian tournament in 1998. At the Olympics in 2000, when Ngan won the silver medal, everyonewas so happy and proud of her.
After her success in Sydney, Ngan decided to leave the ring. Now, she coaches young athletes at a training centre in Ho Chi Minh City. Tran Hieu Ngan is a shining example of her never-ending practice and constant efforts.
