Exploring the world by sea (Reading)

In the following text, use the word given in brackets to form a word that fits in the gap:




Exploring the world by sea


People have been carrying out exploration (explore) by sea for thousands of years. Our distant ancestors set out on __________________ (peril) voyages on primitive rafts and ships with no guarantee of ever seeing land again. ____________________ (believe) though it may seem, there is evidence to suggest that sailors from Polynesia began to undertake long and ___________________ (risk) journeys, as far back as 1200 BC. They may even have travelled as far as South America. ____________________ (analyse) of fossilised chicken bones found in Chile suggests that Polynesian sailors had made their way to South America long before the ____________________ (arrive) of the Spanish. While Polynesians were exploring the Pacific, Vikings were sailing the Atlantic. Vikings explores reached North America but did not establish a permanent _____________________ (settle) there. They returned home with tales of a land where grapes grew in profusion and fish were ___________________ (plenty) too. It is impossible not to feel great respect for the ____________________ (brave) of these intrepid early explorers. 

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    1. 1) exploration
      2) perilous
      3) Unbelievable
      4) risky
      5) Analysis
      6) arrival
      7) settlement
      8) plentiful
      9) bravery

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  2. 1) exploration
    2) perilous
    3) Unbelievable
    4) risky
    5) Analysis
    6) arrival
    7) settlement
    8) plentiful
    9) bravery

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