Alfred Wainwright - Test 1

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English First 3, Cambridge University Press

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.

reminded

recollected

referred

remembered

reaches

extends

ranges

covers

implies

represents

proves

means

distributed

assigned

divided

allocated

involve

consist

include

contain

application

use

employment

practice

persuaded

impressed

caused

influenced

stay

keep

continue

remain

Alfred Wainwright came from a relatively poor family but managed to (0) ___ qualifications in accountancy. However it is not for his skill in accountancy that he is (1) ___ but for his pictorial guidebooks to the English Lake District. The Lake District is in the north-west of England and (2) ___ an area of some 2,292 square kilometres. As its name (3) ___ , it is an area of lakes and mountains. Alfred first went there on a walking holiday in 1930 and immediately fell in love with the area. He (4) ___ the Lake District into seven parts and wrote a guide for each of them. The guides (5) ___ entirely of copies of his hand-written manuscripts. All have descriptions of walks with hand-drawn maps and sketches of views from the summits of the different mountains. He intended the books to be just for his own personal (6) ___ but was eventually (7) ___ to publish them. They are beautiful books which (8) ___ as popular as ever.

Alfred Wainwright

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produce

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