). For Questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Write your answers A, B, C or D in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

POLAR ADVENTURER

In March 1999, Amyr Klink, a Brazilian yachtsman and polar adventurer, became the first man to circle Antarctica while staying south of 50 degrees latitude. He (1)________ the most dangerous sea route in the world. Klink was already (2)________ known because in 1984 he had rowed across the Atlantic in a small boat. The book which he wrote, based on his (3)________ on that trip, had by then (4)________ millions of copies.

            For his polar adventure, Klink built his (5)________ boat. He (6)________ off in 1998 from South Georgia and he arrived back there 88 days later - although he (7)________ eleven of those days on dry land in Antarctica, He did not stop there out of (8)________ but because he wanted to see the Antarctic Peninsula.

            Klink knew that his (9)________ would be dangerous. On the way he had to be careful to (10)________ huge floating blocks of ice. These icebergs, as they are called, were everywhere and (11)________ one of them would have been a disaster. As Klink knew that any rescue mission would have been impossible in the rough seas, he did not (12)________ to take a life-boat.

            When he sailed into (13)________ winds 750 miles south of Tasmania, he met waves that were twenty-five metres high. This meant staying awake most of the time He only managed to sleep for twenty-minute (14)________ at a stretch. But he succeeded in the end, (15)________ all the difficulties that he had to face.

1.         A. went                       B. took                        C. had                         D. made

2.         A. really                      B. widely                    C. broadly                   D. thoroughly

3.         A. events                     B. incidents                 C. happenings             D. experiences

4.         A. sold                        B. printed                    C. bought                    D. produced

5.         A. proper                     B. individual               C. own                        D. single

6.         A. set                           B. put                          C. left                          D. got

7.         A. passed                    B. lived                       C. spent                       D. remained

8.         A. necessity                 B. demand                  C. urgency                   D. requirement

9.         A. excursion                B. tour                         C. voyage                    D. cruise

10.       A. expect                     B. avoid                      C. escape                     D. refuse

11.       A. crashing                  B. breaking                  C. knocking                 D. hitting

12.       A. consider                  B. mind                       C. bother                     D. accept

13.       A. fast                         B. strong                     C. heavy                      D. hard

14.       A. periods                   B. times                       C. occasions                D. lengths

15.       A. as far as                  B. apart from               C. according to           D. in spite of