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VIII. Reading comprehension
A) Choose a phrase to complete the passage (there are TWO redundant)
a) saw a polar bear
d) did not arrest him
g) go all the way into
j) sent four people
b) killed the bear
e) had a good time
h) had a sled
k) want to kill
c) to walk to
f) slept in a tent
i) fell through
1) walked through
In April 1984, David Hempleman Adams (..1..) northern Canada to the North Pole by himself. He walked 400 kilometers
in 22 days. He was an explorer and adventurer. He was the first person (..2..) the North Pole by himself. He was 27 years
old when he did it. Other people travelled to the North Pole before David, but they (..3..) and a dog team. One day he (..4..)
some thin ice into the Arctic Ocean. He went into the water above his knees. He was a very lucky that he didn't (..5..) the
water. No one could live in that icy water. At night David (..6..). One night a polar bear tried to pull him out of his tent. He
had to shoot it. He didn't (..7..) the bear, but he knew the bear wanted to kill him. The Canadian government says that people
cannot kill polar bears because there are only a few of them left. Canadian officials (..8..) in a plane to talk to David. They
saw the bears footprints inside the tent. They knew that he (..9..) to save his own life, so of course they (..10..). David was
a brave man to go on this adventure by himself. He was also a lucky man because the bear and the icy water didn't kill him.