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

In early times, every day was a (0)......for survival.

Peoplc had to find their own water, food and shelter so everyone learnt the (41).....skills needod to survive.

Today we have forgotten many survival skills, sińce we can buy nearly everylhing we need. Howcvcr, 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.

Knowledge of certain skills would give you a bettcr (44)......of surviving such a crisis unharmed.

Useful skills indude 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 valuable skills.

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

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

fitness.

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

You can (50) .....thesc skills by imagining yourself in

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

0	A battlc B conflict C war D problem	A
41	A exact B essential C primary D major	B
42	A comc B turn C arise D exist	C
43	A up B down C through D out	D
44	A possibility B chance C opportunity D way	B
45	A conditions B places C temperaturcs D climates	A
46	A seeking B finding C conducting D leading	B
47	A lighten B initiate C start D begin	C
48	A improve B achieve C strengthen D keep	A
49	A effort B ability C enthusiasm D urgc	B
50	A determinc B make C develop D observc	C