Part 3.- For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Exploring the world by sea
People have been carrying out (0)_EXPLORATION_(EXPLORE) by sea for thousands of years. Our distant ancestors set out on (17)__________(PERIL) voyages on primitive rafts and ships with no guarantee of ever seeing land again. (18)__________(BELIEVE) though it may seem, there is evidence to suggest that sailors from Polynesia began to undertake long and (19)__________(RISK) journeys, as far back as 1200 BC. They may even have travelled as far as South America. (20)__________(ANALYSE) of fossilised chicken bones found in Chile suggests that Polynesian sailors had made their way to South America long before the (21)__________(ARRIVE) of the Spanish. While Polynesians were exploring the Pacific , Vikings were sailing the Atlantic. Viking explorers reached North America but did not establish a permanent (22)__________(SETTLE) there. They returned home with tales of a land where grapes grew in profusion and fish were (23)__________(PLENTY) too . It is impossible not to feel great respect for the (24)__________(BRAVE) of these intrepid early explorers.
O'DELL, Felicity (2014) Advanced Trainer. 2nd Edition. Exploring the World by Sea in Reading and Use of English Part 3 Test 1. Cambridge University Press: Dubai. Page 20.
