IV. Read the passage then answer questions that follow:
Anyone who has gone on a skiing holiday at a ski(1)…..of any size will be familiar with the age-old problem- the eternal waits for ski lifts and cable cars. Well, there is an alternative. If you feel like something just as(2)….different why not try heli-skiing in Canada? Somewhere in the snowy(3)…..of the Rocky Mountains the helicopter will deposit you and your group onto a slope of virgin snow that you have all to yourselves. It is all a(4)….cry from the busiest slopes of Switzerland, France and Italy. You are fifty miles from the nearest town and there is nothing remotely(5)….a ski lift, so you have to(6)…..on legs, skies and chopper. You might see the(7)….mountain goat or grizzly bear. But there won’t be(8)…..of other skiers. There are one or two disadvantages. Your friendly helicopter pilot might just put you down in a five-meter snow(9)….And freezing weather might ground your helicopter and leave you(10)…..in the wilderness.
1. A. spot |
B. haunt |
C. refuge |
D. resort |
2. A. little |
B. few |
C. big |
D. lot |
3. A. cover |
B. country |
C. wastes |
D. refuge |
4. A. different |
B. strange |
C.far |
D. long |
5. A. resembling |
B. appearing |
C . seeming |
D. looking |
6. A.count |
B. trust |
C. rely |
D. reckon |
7. A. occasional |
B. sometime |
C. incidental |
D. irregular |
8. A. bunches |
B. hordes |
C.throngs |
D. swarms |
9. A. dune |
B. pile |
C. mound |
D. drift |
10. A. deserted |
B. stranded |
C. marooned |
D. aground |
IV. Read the passage then answer questions that follow:
Anyone who has gone on a skiing holiday at a ski(1)…..of any size will be familiar with the age-old problem- the eternal waits for ski lifts and cable cars. Well, there is an alternative. If you feel like something just as(2)….different why not try heli-skiing in Canada? Somewhere in the snowy(3)…..of the Rocky Mountains the helicopter will deposit you and your group onto a slope of virgin snow that you have all to yourselves. It is all a(4)….cry from the busiest slopes of Switzerland, France and Italy. You are fifty miles from the nearest town and there is nothing remotely(5)….a ski lift, so you have to(6)…..on legs, skies and chopper. You might see the(7)….mountain goat or grizzly bear. But there won’t be(8)…..of other skiers. There are one or two disadvantages. Your friendly helicopter pilot might just put you down in a five-meter snow(9)….And freezing weather might ground your helicopter and leave you(10)…..in the wilderness.
1. A. spot |
B. haunt |
C. refuge |
D. resort |
2. A. little |
B. few |
C. big |
D. lot |
3. A. cover |
B. country |
C. wastes |
D. refuge |
4. A. different |
B. strange |
C.far |
D. long |
5. A. resembling |
B. appearing |
C . seeming |
D. looking |
6. A.count |
B. trust |
C. rely |
D. reckon |
7. A. occasional |
B. sometime |
C. incidental |
D. irregular |
8. A. bunches |
B. hordes |
C.throngs |
D. swarms |
9. A. dune |
B. pile |
C. mound |
D. drift |
10. A. deserted |
B. stranded |
C. marooned |
D. aground |