“HE WAS RIGHT!” - “OH, I KNOW! I REALLY WISH I _______ HIS ADVICE!...

10. “He was right!” - “Oh, I know! I really wish I _______ his advice!”

A. took B. had taken C. have taken D. would take

PART 2: Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. Write your

answer in the numbered box on your answer sheet. (1 point)

FAMOUS EXPLORER

Captain James Cook is (0)…….. today for being one of Britain’s most famous explorers of the 18

century. Cook was (1)……… most other explorers of the same period as he did not come from a wealthy

family and had to work hard to (2)…….. his position in life. He was lucky to be (3)……. by his father’s

employer, who saw that he was a bright boy and paid for him to attend the village school. At sixteen, he started

(4)……… in a shop in a fishing village, and this was a turning (5)…….. in his life. He developed an interest in

the sea and eventually joined the Royal Navy in order to see more of the world.

Cook was (6)……. by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps, and quickly became an expert in

these subjects. He was also one of the first people to (7)………. that scurvy, an illness often suffered by sailors,

could be prevented by careful (8)……… to diet. It was during his voyage to the Pacific Ocean that Cook made

his historic landing in Australia and the (9) ……….. discovery that New Zealand was two separate islands. He

became a national hero and still (10)……. one today.