HAVING ... THE TABLE, MRS ROBERT CALLED THE FAMILY FOR DINNER.A. L...

30. Having ... the table, Mrs Robert called the family for dinner.

A. laid

B. spread

C. ordered

D. completed

IV. Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to

complete the following passage.

A FAMOUS EXPLORER

Captain James Cook is remembered today for being one of Britain’s most famous

explorers of the 18th century. Cook was (31) ... most other explorers of the same period

as he did not come from a wealthy family and had to work hard to (32) ... his position

in life. He was lucky to be (33) ... 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 (34) ... in

a shop in a fishing village (35) ... on the coast and this was a turning (36) ... in his life.

He developed an interest in the sea and eventually joined the Royal Navy (37) ... to see

more of the world.

Cook was (38) ... by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps, and quickly

became an expert (39) ... these subjects. He was also one of the first people to (40) ...

that scurvy, an illness often suffered by sailors, could be prevented by careful (41) ... to

diet. It was during his (42) ... to the Pacific Ocean that Cook made his historic landing

in Australia and the (43) ... discovery that New Zealand was two (44) ... islands. He

became national hero and still (45) ... one today.