Solving a Mystery - Unit 9

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Ready for B2 First 4th Edition, Macmillan Education Limited

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

travel

trip

voyage

cruise

dropped

divided

overturned

drowned

held

put

turned

gave

up

towards

across

over

Although

Apart

Since

Despite

suggestions

clues

ways

directions

assured

guessed

worked

judged

place

prize

pose

part

A scuba diver has (0) ___ a British family with the photos from a camera they lost on a canoeing (1) ___ on the Dordogne river in France. The camera fell into the water when their canoe hit a bridge and (2) ___ . The father, Andrew Sully, dived down to look for it, but soon (3) ___ up, as the water was too muddy to see clearly. Soon afterwards, however, French student Kevin Quinn came (4) ___ the camera while exploring the river. (5) ___ the camera was broken, the memory card was still intact; so he downloaded the photos and followed the (6) ___ to trace the owners. He found two humorous photos of Andrew standing next to signs with the word 'Sully' on them and (7) ___ that might be their surname. There were also photos of Andrew taking (8) ___ in a charity bike ride in Paris; searching the internet, Kevin found an Andrew Sully on the participants list and forwarded the photos to the family in Wales.

Solving a Mystery

replaced

encountered

reunited

joined

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