Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space
Filming Everest
Film maker David Breashears (1)_______ already climbed Mount Everest three times when he (2)________ to make a film, so that
audiences could share his (3)_______.
He set off on this nine week adventure the following spring, with his photographic equipment and with six climbers from (4)______
the world. (5)_______ the conditions were hard and dangerous, with temperatures of -40°C, the climbers made good (6)_______.
Then, when they were just one thousand metres from their goal, there was a terrible (7)_______. The team didn´t give (8)_____,
however. They hid in a tent on the mountainside until it passed. Thirteen days later they (9)________ the top.
"I was so tired that it was (10)_______ to enjoy our success at first" said David. "Climbing Everest is difficult enough but filming
made it (11)______ harder. I am really proud we did it in the end"!
1. a) had b) has c) was d) did
2. a) invited b) decided c) organised d) requested
3. a) acts b) events c) occupations d) experiences
4. a) along b) above c) about d) around
5. a) although b) Beause c) Since d) Unless
6. a) improvement b) progress c) increase d)development
7. a) climate b) storm c) weather d) air
8. a) out b) back c) away d) up
9. a) arrived b) landed c) reached d) entered
10. a) impossible b) unable c) unfit d) improbable
11. a) ever b) more c) even d) as
