The bits of information to be found.

1 – the ways of communication between Michael and his father

2 – pastime and entertainments

3 – the distance the boy had to sail

4 – what other people think about Michael and his adventure

5 – personal facts

6 – the information about his yacht

7 – the food hi was missing

8 – an accident with the boat

9 – the safety measures

10 -  Michael’s plans for the future

11 – the most frightening adventure which took place

12 – the food supply on a voyage

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3. Lexis

3.A. Which of these words do not go together?

1 – play

a) tricks             b) games               c) sports                d) football

2 – make

a) a job               b) a mistake         c) a story               d) an offer

3 – do

a) well                b) good                c) sports                 d) money

4 – go

a) in for sports    b) to home           c) for a walk          d) swimming

5 – take

a) photos            b) notes                c) sure                   d) measures

6 – have

a) age                 c) time                  c) classes               d) problems

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3.B. Which word completes the sentences in the text below?

1 – It happened (1       ) me in summer.

a) to                          b) with               c) on                      d) of

2 – The weather was (2         ).

a) good                     b) fine                c) well                   d) sun

3 – The sky was blue and (3         ).

a) cloudy                   b) cleared          c) close                  d) cloudless

4 – The sun was shining (4         ).

a) bright                   b) clearly            c) brightly              d) sparkling

5 – Everything (5          ) fresh and nice.

a) was                      b) were                c) had                    d) been

6 – I was walking to the river (6       ).

a) swim                    b) for a swim       c) swimming         d) for swimming

7 – Suddenly I saw (7       ) boy running.

a) a                           b) some                c) the                    d)an

8 – (8          ) boy was shouting and waving his hands.

a) a                           b) the                    c) he                    d) then

9 – I thought he needed (9        ).

a) help                      b) support             c) assistance        d) helping

10 – I rushed (10           ) the river.

a) in                          b) at                      c)into                   d) towards

11 – The first thing I saw on the (11         ) was a big green crocodile.

a) shore                    b) coast                 c) bank                d) side

12 – It took me time to realize the crocodile was just a perfectly (12        ) full-size rubber toy which frightened the little boy so much.

a) maked                  b) did                    c) done                d) made

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