The first paper of the FCE exam (The Reading paper) tests students' s reading skills. There are different activities in this part. One of them is the one with multiple choice questions. The texts are followed by five questions which show four options, from which only one is correct. The other three are called distractors, that is, they may look similar to what the text says but they usually contain something that is wrong or not mentioned in the text. You must read and re-read the questions and the text while ignoring the distractors until you have found the most appropriate answers.
Read this text carefully and answer the questions which follow. Only one answer (A, B, C or D) is correct.
Cristina Sánchez, Europe's first female matador of modern times, has been training for ten years to become recognized as a Spanish bullfighter. In her teens she fought a small cow in a field and felt in love with bullfighting. She immediately cut short her training as a hairdresser, and attended the professional bullfighter's academy in Madrid, where she was the only woman among more than a hundred men. She graduated in third place, an exceptional result.
Critina herself accepts that the matador's art is more difficult for a woman than a man, as men are generally taller and stronger, but she maintains that it is possible, if a woman trains hard and is light on her feet. Nevertheless, she has been badly injured in bullfights on several occasions and, does not underestimate the dangers involved.
She is resigned to receiving harsh criticism from the male-dominated world of la corrida, but admits she often feels lonely. Holding her own in this macho business is, however, a struggle she is determined to continue, as the sole representative of her sex. 'One day I'll give up,' she says, 'when I decide to start a family.'
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