| Instructions Read the text and then select the correct answer, A, B, C or D. There is an example at the beginning: (0) A hour B minute C time D day |
Our Ship Sets SailThe crowd waved and as we sailed out of the mouth of the river and passed the cliffs (5) ... on each side, I turned back and (6) ... a sight that will remain in my memory for ever: two hundred or more people were (7) ... their way to the cliff-tops for a final (8) ... . The sight had a dreamlike (9) ... because the sun was (10) ... in the west and the evening light picked out the shapes of the people climbing the hill. The figures were tiny and black, all hurrying (11) ... one direction and with the same (12) ... towards the farthest tip of the cliff. (13) ... we were well away from the entrance to the river and there was no longer any (14) ... of the tide carrying us back onto the rocks, I (15) ... the crew to raise our sails. We were finally on our way. |