Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
Do you have any idea what BASE jumping ......... ?
A -
signifies
B -
means
C -
says
D -
tells
2-
Apparently it is an ......... where the letters in the word are the first letters of a group of words.
A -
abbreviation
B -
addition
C -
anomaly
D -
acronym
3-
In other words the letters ......... building, antennae, span and earth, all of which you can jump from.
A -
stand up
B -
stand in
C -
stand for
D -
stand by
4-
Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane 9,000 metres......... Dover, a port on the south coast of England
A -
up
B -
above
C -
higher
D -
at
5-
He intended to ......... across the channel with a parachute and land on the coast of France near Calais.
A -
fly
B -
flee
C -
flew
D -
flow
6-
He started very early in the morning so that he was able to......... commercial flights.
A -
evict
B -
avoid
C -
eject
D -
reject
7-
During the flight his supporters ......... that he will have reached 200 kmh.
A -
attain
B -
argue
C -
claim
D -
dispute
8-
The fact remains that he ......... and managed with the help of oxygen supplies to complete the crossing in ten minutes.
A -
lived
B -
continued
C -
achieved
D -
survived
9-
He created a new ......... and joins Louis Bleriot, the first to fly across the channel in 37 minutes and Matthew Webb, the first to swim across in 22 hours.
A -
record
B -
recorder
C -
recording
D -
records
10-
These are amazing achievements but if like me you want comfort, warmth and food on the journey, take the ferry crossing ......... 90 minutes.