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Vocabulary
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1 The rescue team arrived in time to ___ our lives. 11 It was difficult for the survivors to ___ the
a help freezing temperatures.
b keep a give up
c save b cope with
2 It’s hard to survive in temperatures ___ 50°C. c persist
a among 12 The explorer made a ___ along the length of the
b over Amazon River.
c outside a swim
3 Let’s try to keep ___! If we panic, we’ll never find b accident
our way out of this cave. c journey
a calm 13 He had to ___ his fear of snakes when he got lost in
b lost the jungle.
c safe a succeed
b tolerate
4 She collapsed with ___ after walking for days.
c face
a exhaustion
b temperatures 14 We began to ___ with cold as the
c endurance temperature dropped.
a shiver
5 How can a ship just ___ in the middle of the ocean
b suffer
and never be seen again?
c endure
a strike
b injure 15 Sharks won’t attack unless you ___ them.
c vanish a influence
b provoke
6 It’s difficult to find people who go ___ in a c persist
snow storm.
16 They stood at the summit and admired the view of
a freezing
the valleys ___.
b missing
a above
c lost
b down
7 The pilot changed the direction of the plane to ___ c below
hitting the side of the mountain.
17 They did their ___ to save the farm animals from
a avoid
the flood.
b achieve
a highest
c prevent
b lives
8 Extreme situations test mountaineers to their ___. c best
a goals 18 We reached the ___ of the mountain after a
b conditions five-hour hike.
c limits a limits
9 Stay close to the river so that you don’t ___ lost. b field
a go c summit
b be 19 The plane was flying ___ the airport when the
c get storm began.
10 What problems would you have to ___ in a at
the desert? b towards
a succeed c down
b confront 20 It took me a long time to ___ after the expedition.
c struggle a recover
b tolerate
c overcome
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1 You remembered to take your passport, ___? 11 Be careful when you’re walking through the
a did you jungle, ___?
b aren’t you a aren’t you
c didn’t you b don’t you
2 Who ___ every night? c won’t you
a does the park close 12 ___ your tents by the time the rain started?
b the park closes a Did you put up
c closes the park b Had you put up
3 They ___ to find water the day before they c Had you been putting up
were rescued. 13 How long ___ before they realised they were going
a had been managing the wrong way?
b had managed a they had been sailing
c manage b had they sailed
4 I am old enough to travel alone, ___? c had they been sailing
a aren’t I 14 He ___ his leg, so he couldn’t go skiing.
b am I a had been breaking
c don’t I b had broken
5 ___ lucky to find their way through the forest after c break
getting lost? 15 What ___ to survive after the crash?
a Aren’t they a the passengers helped
b Weren’t they b did the passengers help
c They were c helped the passengers
6 The plane ___ over the Alps when it got caught in 16 She had ___ for hours before she reached
a storm. the village.
a flew a walks
b had flown b walking
c had been flying c been walking
7 Who ___ to ask for help if you need some assistance? 17 I ___ that hiking in the mountains would be so
a had you called difficult until I actually attempted it.
b calls you a hadn’t been imagining
c will you call b didn’t imagine
8 Let’s take some photos from the top of the cliff, ___? c hadn’t imagined
a don’t we 18 Andrew didn’t have any difficulty on the dangerous
b shall we slopes since he ___ for years.
c are we a had skied
9 ___ the roads would be too dangerous? There have b had been skiing
been weather warnings for days! c skied
a You knew 19 They found the injured explorer, ___ him to hospital
b You didn’t know and contacted his family.
c Didn’t you know a took
10 What ___ with you on the camping trip last month? b had taken
a you took c had been taking
b do you take 20 I was starving because I ___ anything for three days.
c did you take a hadn’t been eating
b had eaten
c hadn’t eaten

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