Lonely Planet - Review 4

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Close-up C2, National Geographic Learning

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

heroic

defiant

reckless

intrepid

headed

drifted

dropped

put

thirst

appetite

buzz

spirit

moderately

hugely

virtually

considerably

road

path

route

way

whim

notion

fancy

spur

carried

doled

figured

set

enjoys

boasts

brags

airs

Back in the 1970s, two (1) ___ young travellers -- Maureen and Tony Wheeler -- had a dream to travel across Asia. This was at a time when there was scant information about the continent for budget travellers. They (2) ___ off from London in a minivan, armed with little more than a strong (3) ___ of adventure. Driving the van across Europe and Asia, they eventually arrived in Sydney, Australia (4) ___ broke but rich in experience. Intrigued by their journey off the beaten (5) ___ , people continually asked them how they had travelled, what they had seen, where they had stayed and what it had cost. On a (6) ___ , they decided to write a practical guide about their travels. They typed up a booklet in which they (7) ___ out a list of their favourite cheap accommodation and restaurants, and called it Across Asia on the Cheap. Thus the Lonely Planet guidebook publishing empire was born, which now (8) ___ guidebooks on almost every country on earth.

Lonely Planet

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