Part 2: (15 points). Fill ONE suitable word into each numbered blank. Write your answers in ‘Your answers’ part.
Iceland has been called the “land of frost and fire”. This is a very satisfactory (1) ________, for the mountains on this island in the North Atlantic are capped with snow the year round, and (2) ________ are scores of fiery volcanoes. Contrary (3) ________ what most people think, however, Iceland’s (4) ________ is not extremely cold. Most days are quite agreeable because (5) ________ the warm current of the Gulf Stream. (6) ________ the Vikings began to settle in Iceland in 874 AD, they found books and crosses that showed the Irish had (7) ________ been there. It is likely that the Irish and Scotch had come to Iceland about seventy years (8) ________ the Vikings arrived. These explorers, however, had made (9) ________ lasting settlements. The first real colonists were Scandinavians who came directly (10) ________ Norway, Sweden, and Demark. The people of Iceland have very high educational standards. It is said that (11) ________ books are sold in Iceland in relation to its population than in any other country in the world.
Since Iceland is adjacent to one of the (12) ________ important shipping routes
(13) ________ the United States and England, (14) ________ became very important during
(15) ________ Second World War.
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Iceland has been called the “land of frost and fire”. This is a very satisfactory (1) description, for the mountains on this island in the North Atlantic are capped with snow the year round, and (2) there are scores of fiery volcanoes. Contrary (3) to what most people think, however, Iceland’s (4) climate is not extremely cold. Most days are quite agreeable because (5) of the warm current of the Gulf Stream. (6) When the Vikings began to settle in Iceland in 874 AD, they found books and crosses that showed the Irish had (7) already been there. It is likely that the Irish and Scotch had come to Iceland about seventy years (8) before the Vikings arrived. These explorers, however, had made (9) no lasting settlements. The first real colonists were Scandinavians who came directly (10) from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
The people of Iceland have very high educational standards. It is said that (11) more books are sold in Iceland in relation to its population than in any other country in the world.
Since Iceland is adjacent to one of the (12) most important shipping routes (13) between the United States and England, (14) it became very important during (15) the Second World War.
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