PET Reading Part 5 (game 8)

Cook was the first European to draw maps of New Zealand and to __________ eastern Australia. ( realise, know, learn, discover )

I wasn’t looking forward to the first day at my new school. I felt really ________ about meeting lots of new people. ( nervous, disappointed, angry, bored )

If I look out of my bedroom window I _________ see the sea. ( shall, could, must, would )

The voyage lasted three years. Cook made ________ that his sailors ate fresh fruit. ( true, real, exact, sure )

Eating healthier kept the crew from sicknesses ________ by a bad diet. ( caused, supplied, appeared, happened )

When my parents _______ me about their plan I was upset. ( said, spoke, told, explained )

But when I got there everyone was great! My class teacher was nice and I ________ friends with two girls in my class. ( knew, found, made, met )

James Cook first went to sea in 1746. Eleven years later, he _______ the navy. ( connected, met, joined, added )

They gave Cook the ship Endeavour and put a group of scientists ________ board. ( at, on, for, with )

Anyway, six months _________ that, my family moved to the town of Hexford. ( further, after, next, later )

I was upset __________ I loved my home and school. ( because, so, but, and )

James Cook sailed around the world in the late I5th century and _______ famous as an explorer. ( became, changed, reached, earned )

Last year my Dad got a new job. It was in a town _______ was 100 kms from our home. ( where, which, who, what )

In I768. the Royal Society ________ a scientific voyage to Tahiti. Cook was asked to command the ship. ( developed, fetched, organised, performed )

My parents chose to move, because it was a long way for Dad to ________ every day. ( transport, carry, tour, travel )

Mum and Dad _______ we would have to move, because the job was too far away. ( chose, decided, selected, picked )

By eating fruit, Cook was able to ________ them from terrible illnesses. ( avoid, mind, save, help )

I was worried that I would ______ all my friends and teachers a lot. ( forget, lose, leave, miss )

In 1779, Cook died __________ a fight in Hawaii. ( while, during, since, until )

Cook also sailed to Antarctica and drew maps of the Pacific and its ________ islands. ( most, more, much, many )

The house was much bigger than our old one, and there was a great view ________ my bedroom window. ( down, along, from, away )

Cook was a very good sailor and _________ was not long before he was given his own ship. ( there, it, that, he )