A famous traveller - Module 10

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · First Expert Student's Resource Book, Pearson Education

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.

brought

raised

fetched

reared

gather

learn

listen

search

met

encountered

came

got

vast

big

large

extensive

While

Throughout

During

Alongside

sides

edges

corners

surfaces

horse

foot

camel

bicycle

fascinate

appreciate

delight

amuse

Wilfred Thesiger's work is a constant (0) ___ of inspiration for other travel writers. Wilfred was born and (1) ___ up in East Africa. In the late 1940s, he travelled to the Arabian peninsula to (2) ___ information for a locust control project. There, he first (3) ___ across the Bedu people, the traditional nomadic inhabitants of the desert, who would accompany him on two historic crossings of an absolutely (4) ___ area known as the Empty Quarter and introduce him to their harsh way of life. Travel and exploration gave meaning to Thesiger's life. (5) ___ he was travelling, he lived as a nomad, visiting remote (6) ___ of the world, often on (7) ___ , living simply among the local people and writing about his experiences. His books, more than any others, have caught our imagination and led us to (8) ___ the beauty and solitude of the great desert expanses.

A famous traveller

source

spring

reason

origin

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