1 |
In two hours a flask of cold water became hot enough to make . |
lemonade
Pepsi
Tea
Syrup
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2 |
Timbuktu is near the river.................... in the extreme south of the great desert. |
in dus
Niger
Mississippi
Nile
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3 |
Christopher's foster mother used to............... to send him to Timbuktu. |
Threaten
Seduce
Allure
Exhort
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4 |
Large parts were almost ...................... in other parts there were just a few towns |
Inhabited
Uninhabited
Fertile and green
Thickly populated
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5 |
The full Sahara area, is many times the size of |
France
Great Britain
Japan
Burma
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6 |
If a giant were to pick.................. up and put it down in the middle of the Sahara desert we should have quite a task to find it. |
England
America
Africa
Australia
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7 |
The name of the writer of "Hitachi -Hiking Across the Sahara" is. |
Leonard
Boog Watson
G.E. Lamb
Jerome K jerome
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8 |
A truck, a big dirty clumsy-looking truck. |
Awkward-looking
Ugly-looking
Strange-looking
Horrible-looking
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9 |
Presently, a fast-moving weapons' carrier overtook them. |
Later
Afterwards
Immidiately
Soon
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10 |
The natives called the town "Port of the Sahara". |
Persons living there
Persons staying there
Persons born there
Visitors
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11 |
The trains-Sahara journey began at a little town. |
Journey along the Sahara
Journey across the Sahara
Journey over the Sahara
Journey on the Sahara
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12 |
The conditions were agonizing. |
Disturbing
Dangrous
Very painful
Horrible
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13 |
Christopher was firmly gripped by wanderlust. |
Desire to travel
Desire to move
Desire to discover new places
Desire to observe societies
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14 |
There were just a few towns widely scattered. |
Far apart
Placed
Situated
Laid
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15 |
Large parts of the Sahara were almost uninhabited. |
Unpopulated
Empty
Lifeless
Without vegetation
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16 |
The gigantic area has immense stretches of barren sand. |
Dry but productive
Dry and useless
Dry but useful
Dry and unproductive
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17 |
The gigantic area has immense stretches of barren sand. |
Areas
Territories
Lands
Blocks
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18 |
The Sahara almost stretched the complete width of North Africa. |
Existed on
Continued
Covered
Extended
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19 |
"Mirage" means: |
A resting place
A pond of water in a desert
Appearance of water in a desert
A desert scene
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20 |
They wanted to make a lengthy detour. |
Journey
Roundabout way
Passage
Tour
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