Endurance Race
Looking at the runners as they prepare to set off on a (1) _______ endurance race, you can’t help (2) _______ their stubborn toughness as they face the (3) _______ than promising weather conditions.
The first (4) _______ drops of rain (5) _______ to fall. But the runners seem quite (6) _______ .
They set (7) _______ in pairs in a staggered start, equipped with a tent, sleeping bag and essential food supplies, plus a map and compass.
In the next 48 hours they will (8) _______ as they run over the steep hills and mountains around the valley. They must navigate the course, and report at a series of pre- (9) _______ check points before making it back to the starting point. It’s a tough sport for tough people.
In some events the fell runner has to run up and down a specified number of peaks that (10) _______of different heights in a given time. This kind of race first began in 1932 when Bob Graham ran up and down 42 peaks in the Lake District in a single day.
That record (11) _______ many times since then.
The current record of 77 peaks was set in 1997 by Mark Harfell. The women’s record of 62 peaks belongs to Anne Stentiford.
A | B | C | D | |
1 | 48 hour’s | 48-th hour | 48 hours | 48 hour |
2 | but noticing | notice | to noticing | noticing |
3 | Fewer | less | Least | little |
4 | a little | little | Few | a few |
5 | have already begun | has already begun | already began | had already begun |
6 | are unperturbed | not unperturbed | unperturbed | to unperturbed |
7 | down | in | For | off |
8 | be timed | be timing | be time | time |
9 | arrangement | arranged | arranging | arrange |
10 | am | have been | Is | are |
11 | was beaten | has been beaten | has been beating | has beaten |
Answers:
1.D; 2.D; 3.B; 4.C; 5.A; 6.C; 7.D; 8A; 9.B; 10.D; 11.B