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Answers - January 2008

The answers are given below to the exercise questions in the January lesson.

Before reading

The answers to each of the sub-questions are -

  1. c
  2. a
  3. b

The answers to each of the sub-questions are -

  1. speedboat - racing, skipper, deck
  2. circumnavigate the world in record time

The words which won't appear are - fence, valley. The answers to each of the sub-questions are -

  1. craft, vessel, prow
  2. swell, wave
  3. crew
  4. pirate, storm (wave, swell)

While reading

The answers to each sub-question are -

  1. What - the Batmobile
  2. Where - Valencia
  3. How many - 42,000
  4. What - 74 days
  5. What - pirates, floating logs, high seas, heavy storms, problems with the law
  6. Why - Earthrace killed a Guatemalan fisherman

The answers to each of the sub-questions are -

  1. F - (members of the public will pay ...)
  2. T
  3. F - oil industry
  4. T
  5. F - pierce waves
  6. T

Useful phrases are: westwards, through, on towards, back ... through

After reading

The answers to each of the crossword clues are -

  1. bid
  2. perils
  3. gun-toting
  4. briefly
  5. injured
  6. vessel
  7. failed
  8. jail
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