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For questions 41-50, read the text bclow and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

In carly limes, cvery day was a (0)......for survival.

People had to find their own watcr, food and shelter so everyone leamt the (41).....skills needed to survivc.

Today we have forgotten many survival skills, sińce we can buy nearly everything we need. Howevcr, survival situations can still (42).....

You could be stranded in a snowbound car, lost in a

savage country or a fire could break (43).....in your

home.

Knowledgc of certain skills would give you a better (44)......of surviving such a crisis unharmed.

Useful skills mclude knowing how to deal with very hot,

wet or cold (45)..... and how to cope with potentially

dangerous animals.

You also need to know about first-aid, self-defence,

signalling and (46).....your way with a map and

compass.

Knowing how to build a shelter and (47).....a fire are

also valuab!e skills.

You are morę likely to survivc if you are physically fit.

Fven half an hour of exercise a day can (48)......your

fitness.

In any survival situation you also need ingcnuity, and (49).....to improvise.

You can (50).....these skills by imagining yourseif in

a survival situation and deciding how you would deal with it.

0	A b.ittlc C war	B conflict D problem	A
41	A cxact C primary	B csscntial D major
42	A comc C arise	B turn D exist
43	A up C through	B down D out
44	A possibility C opportunity	B chance D way
45	A conditions C temperatures	B places D dimates
46	A seeking C conducting	B finding D leading
47	A lighten C start	B initiate D begin
48	A improve C strengthen	B achicvc D kecp
49	A cffort C cnthusiosm	B abillty D urge
50	A determine C develop	8 make D obscrve