Question

Complete the text below with the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs in Practice
brackets. Add the and as where necessary.
A young hero
Mike Shaw cycles along the river path every morning on his way to school
On the morning of the 17th January, he never imagined that his journey to
school would be (1)
(exciting) than usual. On that day,
fifteen-year-old Mike became (2)
(young) hero in his
town. As Mike was cycling along the river path, he heard a cry coming from
the river. He realised that there was a car in the river with a woman and two
children inside. The cry was growing weaker and (3)
(weak). Mike jumped into the river and swam towards the car. He knew he
had to spend (4)
(little) time as possible in the icy cold
water. When he reached the car, the woman gave him her children and
Mike swam to the shore. Then he went back for the woman. Swimming
back again was (5)
(difficult) than he had expected. It
was (6)
Chard) than before for Mike to reach the woman
because the river was working against him and was taking the woman
(7)
(far) and farther away. Mike realised he had to get to
her (8)
(quickly) as he could if he was going to save her.
Finally, Mike reached the woman and took her to the river bank where her
children were waiting.​