7 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
Donald Robertson is a young athlete with a lot of
ambition. He 1

been training hard recently

because he hopes 2

run in the London
Marathon this year. Things haven’t always been easy
for Donald, though. Two years ago, he had a serious
biking accident and lost one of his legs. He says that
watching other athletes with disabilities on TV
helped 3
to realise that having a disability
wasn’t the end of the world. He also had great
support from his family and friends. ‘I knew that
whatever happened, they would 4

doubt me
nor critisise me,’ he says. Now, he has set himself
the target of running a marathon, and this is the first
5
_____ on his road to new-found strength and
confidence.