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EXERCISE 1 b

EXERCISE 2 He wanted to go to Africa because he wanted to visit interesting, remote places where he could have new experiences.

EXERCISE 3 summoned (line 28): request or require a person to go somewhere. docks (line 35): group of piers on a protected area of water used as a general landing area for ships. marauders (line 66): people who carry out violent attacks.

A CLOSE LOOK: EASILY CONFUSED WORDS a. The whole family can be translated as toda la familia o la familia entera. All the windows is translated as todas las ventanas. b. Whole is an adjective and all is a determiner.

EXERCISE 4 1. b - "... it took you about five weeks to get to Chine " (lines 11-12) 2. c - "Without the slightest regret I said goodbye to Repton forever..." (lines 23-25)

EXERCISE 5 1. False. "In those days it was not difficult to get into either of these great universities so long as you could pay." (lines 3-5) 2. True. " ... I was sailing away for a good deal longer than three years because the Second World War was to come along in the middle of it all." (lines 43-46) 3. False. "... I got my African adventure all right." (lines 47-49)

EXERCISE 6 1. When the writer was told he was going to Africa he was excited. He looked forward to seeing the wild animals. (lines 30-34) 2. We know that he had dangerous experiences in the jungle becuase he says he had to learn to protect himself against the attacks of dangerous people. (lines 63-67) 3. The trip had a positive effect on the writer, who learned to take care of himself in difficult situations. (lines 67-69)

EXERCISE 7 1. In the early 1930s, people could not travel as easily as we can nowadays. (lines 9-10) 2. the writer did not apply to companies that would not send him to foreign countries. (lines 19-20) 3. Young people who have stayed in civilisation will never learn to take care of themselves. (lines 67-69)

EXERCISE 8 1. straigt 2. abroad 3. slightest 4. salary 5. stifling