5 Complete the gaps with the proper
grammar and lexical form of the words in
brackets.
At 5:30 every morning, before he got on the school bus, 15-
year-old Trevon Jenifer took his dog out for a walk. The
1) (DIFFER) between Trevon and any other early morning
dog walker was that Trevon walked on his hands.
He was born in 1988 in Maryland, USA without legs and life
was challenging in every way. The family were poor, but
they 2) (COURAGE) him to adopt the attitude that he
could do anything he put his mind to. Even though he was
given a pair of prosthetic legs, he preferred to do without
them and use his arms and hands as his legs and feet
instead.
He was a 3) (CHEER) boy and he was popular at school,
always willing to help out and do whatever he could. His
teachers were 4) (CONSTANT) amazed at his abilities.
Trevon is now a member of the wheelchair basketball team
and has also published a book about his life. What annoys
him is when reporters ask him if his life would have been
different with legs. His 5) (RESPOND) to this is that he
thinks the question is as pointless as asking, "What if the
sun rose in the west?" His attitude is that he is the way he is
and he is happy that this attitude inspires others to do
better things in their lives.​