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34. A FAMOUS TRAVELLER
Wilfred Thesiger’s desert journeys in the Middle East are a constant
source of inspiration to all those who (1 )______his love for the region. If you
are (2 )______ in travelling in the Middle East, reading Thesiger is a must.
Wilfred was born and (3) ______ up in East Africa, where his father
worked as a British Government offícial. Although he left Africa to study in
the UK, he returned the 1930’s to begin his own (4) ______ as an
administrator.
In the late 1940s, he travelled to the Arabian peninsula to (5) ______
iníormation for a locust control project. There he íirst (6 )______ across the
Bedu, the traditional nomadic (7) __ of the desert, who would accompany
him (8) ___ two historic crossings of the absolutely (9) ______ “Empty
Qu£u-ter” and introduce him tọ their harsh way of life.
Travel and exploration (1 0 )______meaning to Thesiger’s life. (11)
he was travelling, he lived as a nomad, visiting remote (12) ___ of the
world, often on (13) ______ , living simply among the local peoples and
writing about his experiences. His books, more than any others, have (14)
______our imagination and led us to (1 5 )_______the beauty and solitude of
the great desert expanses.
1. A. keep B. hold c. fell D. share
2. A. keen B. interested c. fascinated D. enthusiastic
3. A.reared B. raised c. fetched D. brought
4. A. trade B. career c. ambition D. pursuit
5. A. listen B. learn c. gather D. search
6. A. came B. encountered c. got D. met
7. A. citizens B. tenants c. members D. inhabitants
8. A. on B. hy c. at D. in
9. A. large B. big c. vast D. extensive
10. A. gave B. made c. set D. put
11 A. Throughout B. While c. During D. Alongside
12 A. surfaces B. edges c. sides D. corners
13. A. foot B. bicycle c. camel D. horse
14. A. drawn B. caught c. struck D. grown
15. A. íascinate B. delight c. appreciate D. aimuse

35. AN OPPORTUNITY TOO GOOD TO M ISS
It was something that might have tempted even the most honest
teenager: the discovery of more than £3,000 in used bank notes in an
unlocked night safe. That was what two British teenagers, aged 14 and 17(1)
______across when they were hanging (2 )_______outside a bank one Eriday
evening in January with (3) much to do.

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