decide which word A, B, C, or D best fits each gap. The first has been done as an example.
When Brad Rollins left school, he wanted to become an airline (0) ..A.., but since he had poor vision, he (1)… to enrol at the School of Air Traffic Control in Chicago instead.
Today, Bradis one of the thousands of people around the world who monitors the skies twenty four hours a day. Aircraft are (2)… by radar and appear on screens in front of the controllers as little white dots. Brad and his (3)… watch where the aircraft are flying, while making sure that they maintain safe (4)… between one another. This not
only helps to (5)… air crashes in the sky, but also (6)
the number of delays at airports. Another task of an airtraffic controller is to (7)… pilots if their own navigational systems fail.
Brad finds his job exciting but tough because of the huge (8)… of stress involved. This is understandable as things can go wrong very quickly (9)… the air.
A very important requirement made of air traffic controllers is the ability to stay perfectly (10)… in emergencies when they have to (11)… quickly so that they can prevent disasters.
Brad enjoys talking about the excitement of his (12)… and the thrill he gets from it, (13)… admits that the odd hours he works do affect his (14)… life. When he finds time to relax, though, he goes to his local pub for a (15)… of darts.