Arnold Schwarzenegger is a ________________________________ (1) bodybuilder, movie star and politician.He was born and ________________________________ (2) in Austria. He was actually a ________________________________ (3) skinny teenager when he discovered an interest in bodybuilding. He worked ________________________________ (4) regularlyat a local gym and, ________________________________ (5) the age of eighteen, won first place in the competition Mr. Junior Europe. Other achievements soon followed and, when he was twenty, he ________________________________ (6) the youngest ever Mr. Universe.

________________________________ (7) September of 1968 he moved to the United States.He had very little money and didn't ________________________________ (8) much English. His superstar career took ________________________________ (9) when he appeared in a documentary about bodybuilders.His breakthrough came with the movie Conan the Barbarian. Since then his fame and wealth  ________________________________ (10) .

In 2003, Schwarzenegger ________________________________ (11) governor of California, but his political career had actually started in 1990, when he was in the President's council on Physical Fitness and Sports. He has earned the nickname ‚The Governator‘, which is ________________________________ (12) combination of the words Governor and Terminator.

Schwarzenegger is married ________________________________ (13) Maria Shriver, niece of John F. Kennedy, and they have four children, Catherine, Christina, Patrick and Christopher.

1. 1. a) famous
   2. b) favorite
   3. c) known as
   4. d) popularity
2. 1. a) brought
   2. b) raised
   3. c) risen
   4. d) upbrought
3. 1. a) much
   2. b) quite
   3. c) rather
   4. d) well-built
4. 1. a) in
   2. b) off
   3. c) out
   4. d) up
5. 1. a) at
   2. b) in
   3. c) of
   4. d) on
6. 1. a) achieved
   2. b) became
   3. c) got
   4. d) started
7. 1. a) At
   2. b) In
   3. c) Of
   4. d) On
8. 1. a) say
   2. b) speak
   3. c) talk
   4. d) tell
9. 1. a) in
   2. b) off
   3. c) out
   4. d) up
10. 1. a) are growing
    2. b) grow
    3. c) have been growing
    4. d) have grown
11. 1. a) elected
    2. b) has been elected
    3. c) has elected
    4. d) was elected
12. 1. a) a
    2. b) an
    3. c) that
    4. d) the
13. 1. a) ---
    2. b) by
    3. c) to
    4. d) with