Question

gii 107b

ii the following passage retells and explains what has happened in the story so far. choose the most appropriate words from the choices below to complete the passage.
-5 each

dahl left fouka with ample time to reach his destination before nightfall, but when he arrived at the place where 80 squadron should have been, there was nothing but 1) \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ below him.

dusk was falling and dahl knew that he had to land his aeroplane somehow because he didnt have 2) \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ to return to fouka. choosing the flattest-looking piece of land he could, he brought his plane down and prayed for luck. unfortunately, his aeroplane crash-landed, 3) \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ his skull and blinding him completely for days. to the surprise of those looking on, however, he survived, and having pulled himself from the 4) \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_, was still alive when british soldiers 5) \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ to look over the crash site.

it was later revealed that 80 squadron had never been in that spot, which was actually 6) \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_, a strip of land between the british and italian front lines.

no-mans-land / fracturing / rugged desert
ventured out / enough fuel / burning wreckage

Explanation:

The passage is a summary of Roald Dahl's plane crash in the Western Desert during World War II. The blanks are filled using context clues and the provided word bank:

• For 1), "rugged desert" describes the empty landscape below him where the squadron was supposed to be.
• For 2), "enough fuel" explains why he could not fly back to his starting point at Fouka.
• For 3), "fracturing" is the participle that grammatically fits and describes the severe injury to his skull.
• For 4), "burning wreckage" refers to the crashed plane from which he managed to escape.
• For 5), "ventured out" describes the action of the British soldiers coming to investigate the crash site.
• For 6), "no-man's-land" is the historical term for the unoccupied ground between opposing army lines.

Answer:

1. rugged desert
2. enough fuel
3. fracturing
4. burning wreckage
5. ventured out
6. no-man's-land