Read the text and mark the CORRECT alternative form question:
Windsurfing around Britain
Kevin Cookston, a 23-year-old engineering student, has been keen on windsurfing for many
years. Recently, he set a new record for travelling all the way round the coast of Great Britain
on a windsurf board.
'I don‟t really know why I did it,‟ says Kevin, ‟just for the fun of it, I suppose. It was there to
be done, that was all.‟ Despite lacking both the obsessive ambition and the funds that normally
go with attempts to break records, Kevin made the journey in eight weeks and six days,
knocking one week off the previous record set in 1984.
Leaving from Exmouth in the south-west of England, Kevin travelled up the west coast of
England and Wales, before going round the top of Scotland and then coming back down the
other side. The journey officially covered 2.896 kilometres, although given the changes of
direction to find the right wind paths, the actual distance Kevin travelled is probably closer to
4.000 km.
Kevin fitted his fitness training in around his final year university examinations. ‟I didn‟t have
that much time to prepare,‟ he explains. ‟But I went running often and supplemented that with
trips to the gym to do weight training. I found I got a lot better during the trip itself actually. At
the start, I was tired and needed a rest after four hours, but by the end I found I could do ten
hours in a row no trouble.‟
Kevin had a budget of £7.000 to cover the whole expedition. The previous record had
been set with a budget twice that size, while a recent unsuccessful attempt had cost £40.000.
Budgets have to meet the cost of fuel, food and accommodation for the support team, as well
as the windsurfer's own equipment and expenses.
Previous contenders had been accompanied by a boat on which they slept at night, as well
as a fleet of vehicles on land to carry their supplies. Kevin made do with an inflatable rubber
boat and an old van manned by four friends who followed his progress. Overnight arrangements
had to be found along the way. Apart from the odd occasion when they enjoyed the hospitality
of friends, the team made use of the camping equipment carried in the van, and slept on the
beach.
When asked if his athlete‟s diet was a closely kept secret, Kevin replied that he ate a lot of
pasta and added the odd tin of tuna to keep up his energy. ‟Basically, we had anything that was
on special offer in the nearest supermarket, he confided.
Such a prolongued period of gruelling windsurfing made relaxation important
however, and for this, Kevin favoured the pub method. This also provided social
opportunities.“The people we met were really encouraging he recalls“. 'They thought what we
were doing was really great. It was hard work, but we had a lot of fun along the way“.
Kevin has been windsurfing since he was thirteen years old and he is also a highly-ranked
competitor at national level. ‟I don‟t know where I‟m ranked now,‟ he says, `because I‟ve missed
a lot of important competitions this year. But what I did has more than made up for that and I‟ll
be doing my best to be up there amongst the winners once I get back into the competitive sport
next season‟. Given his unique achievement this year, Kevin seems well-placed to take on the
world‟s top windsurfers.
Fonte: First Certificate Practice Tests Plus 1, pg 116 Kenny/ Luque-Mortimer, Ed. Longman
What does the phrasal verb “made do with” in paragraph 6 mean?