Контрольные задания > For Questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
In March 1999, Amyr Klink, a Brazilian yachtsman and polar adventurer, (0) ..... 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.
Вопрос:
For Questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
In March 1999, Amyr Klink, a Brazilian yachtsman and polar adventurer, (0) ..... 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.