Photography at its most daring - Test 4

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Proficiency 1, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

interval

space

distance

reach

united

joined

merged

integrated

billed

announced

labelled

scheduled

snatched

captured

taken

suspended

aquatic

sea

marine

ocean

repulsing

denying

dismissing

refusing

transfixed

bound

focussed

held

reckless

deadly

alarming

fearful

Photographers who have (0) ___ so close to volcanoes that their clothes started to burn, come within stroking (1) ___ of tigers in the wild, or dived under sea ice in freezing cold water have (2) ___ forces for an exhibition, (3) ___ as displaying images from the harshest places on Earth. Polar bears and seals were (4) ___ on camera by a photographer who grew up in the Arctic and trained as a (5) ___ biologist. He dives under sea ice to swim with his subjects, once offending a leopard seal by (6) ___ the penguin she tried to feed him with. Another exhibitor has recorded not only tigers but also chimpanzees that had never before encountered human beings. The volcano enthusiasts work in fireproof suits, always at risk of becoming so (7) ___ by the beauty of the eruptions that they venture too close. There are invisible pockets of gas as well as flames, all of which contribute to the (8) ___ perils of being an extreme photographer.

Photography at its most daring

managed

functioned

performed

worked

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