Dictation 1

Listen and fill in the missing words.

Pocket-Bike Racing

The concept of mini motorcycles began years ago in Japan. Due to their increasing (1) ............................. ,
Italian manufacturers started producing high-quality pocket bikes in the 1980s. Today, pocket-bike racing
has become a (2) ............................. sport around the world.

So what are pocket bikes? Pocket bikes are high-speed racing (3) ............................. which look like
toys. (4) ............................. have recently described these bikes as miniature works of art. A pocket
bike is one-fourth of the size of a normal motorcycle and (5) ............................. about 18 kilos. It can
(6) ............................. a speed of 56 km per hour – quite fast for such a small vehicle. This high speed has
caused many people to consider pocket-bike racing a dangerous and extreme sport.

But in spite of the (7) ............................. , pocket-bike racing is very popular. In fact, several famous
European motorcyclists (8) ............................. their racing careers after competing in pocket-bike racing.
The Grand Prix racing champion Valentino Rossi, for example, first (9) ............................. to fame on a
pocket bike. Pocket-bike racing has also got many fans. Clubs around the world have created websites to
keep them (10) ............................. on the sport and its competitions.

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