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English Language Proficiency Tests-Advanced Level's archive Flying across the Channel 1.Do you have any idea what BASE jumping .... where the letters in the word are the first letters

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Flying across the Channel

1.Do you have any idea what BASE jumping ?

signifies

means

says

tells

2.Apparently it is an where the letters in the word

are the first letters of a group of words

abbreviation

addition

anomaly

acronym

3.In other words the letters building, antennae, span

and earth, all of which you can jump from

stand up

stand in

stand for

stand by

4.Felix Baumgartner recently basejumped out of a plane

9,000 metres Dover, a port on the south coast of

England

up

above

higher

at

5.He intended to across the channel with a

parachute and land on the coast of France near Calais

fly

flee

flew

flow

6.He started very early in the morning so that he was able

to commercial flights

evict

avoid

eject

abject

7.During the flight his supporters that he will have

reached 200 kmh

attain

argue

claim

dispute

8.The fact remains that he and managed with the

help of oxygen supplies to complete the crossing in ten

minutes

lived

continued

achieved

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

record

recorder

recording

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

during

lasting

duration

while