Lesson 7 Practise and prepare

1 Join the halves to make sentences.

1 I spend a lot of time in extreme a survival instinct took over.

2 I fell down and I lost
3 He just kept staring
4 As soon as I saw the lightning, my
5 I can’t handle being
6 The volcano continued to
b environments like rainforests and deserts.
c too hot.
d erupt while I was in the water.
e consciousness for a short time.
f at me without blinking.

2 Choose the correct options in 1–6.

First of all, let me tell you about myself. I am an endurance/endure1 athlete. I climb mountains, and
I run, swim and cycle very long distances. I have been in many dangerous situations. But one day
last year, I had the most frightening experience of my life.
I was taking part in an international climbing competitor/competition2 . I had to reach the top of as
many volcanoes as I could in one month. So that’s why I was on a small desert island in the middle
of the ocean, hiking up the side of a volcano.
I was nearly at the top, and I was feeling good. It was hot, but there was no rain or wind. Overall,
conditions were trivial/ideal3 . Suddenly, I started to hear a strange noise, and the ground began to
shake. It was like an earthquake. It was then that I realised I was on an activity/active4 volcano, and
it was going to erupt.
My survivor/survival5 instinct took over. I ran down the side of the volcano as fast as I could. I
made it to the beach, and I looked behind me. I could see that lava/liquid6 was already coming
out of the top, and it was starting to move down the mountain. It was coming towards me. I knew I
wasn’t safe on the beach, so I jumped into the sea and I started to swim.

Reflect on your learning

Think about the activities you have completed in this unit so far. Write answers to
these questions:
• What new words and phrases did you learn?
• What did you find easy?
• What do you need to practice more?

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