On the road in Africa: Capetown to Cairo

1
On the road in Africa Capetown to Cairo

• What does On the road make you think this
  article is about?
• What do you think about when you think about
  Africa?
• Animals and nature
• Politics
• Tourist attractions

2
Each year, thousands of young travellers (17) the
call of the wild and go to Africa. (36)

• A. answer
• B. regard
• C. notice
• D. recognise

• the call of the wild is an expression referring
  to the attraction people have for nature.
• What do you do when someone/something calls you?
• A. answer

3
They come (18) with rhinos in game parks, buy
ridiculously large wood carvings (49)

• A. neck-and-neck
• B. close by
• C. at arms length
• D. face to face
• If its a close racers, you can say the racers
  are neck and neck.

• You cannot come close by with something.
• You keep something at arms length if you dont
  want to get too close.
• You come face-to-face if you meet something up
  close.
• D. face-to-face.

4
and catch exotic diseases that (19) them for
the rest of their lives. (55)

• A. destroy
• B. affect
• C. sicken
• D. shock
• A disease may kill you, but it wont destroy you.

• A disease can affect you for a long time, even if
  you arent sick all the time.
• People probably arent sick for the rest of their
  lives.
• Shock?
• B. affect

5
Australian travel writer Peter Moore has finally
succumbed (20) the call of Africa (36)

• A. by
• B. with
• C. to
• D. into

• Only one preposition can follow succumb.
• C. to

6
and is aiming (21) from Cape Town in South
Africa to Cairo in Egypt. (81)

• A. travelling
• B. to travel
• C. the travel
• D. by travelling

• You aim at something.
• You aim to do something.
• B. to travel

7
Its a journey that many (22) but few finish.
(59)

• A. hope for
• B. attempt
• C. set out
• D. proceed.
• The idea that few finish implies that many try it.

• In other words, many attempt it.
• You would have to say set out on the journey
• Proceed?
• B. attempt

8
The dangers of disease, corruption and civil war
(23) Africa an extremely difficult and dangerous
continent (63)

• A. mean
• B. cause
• C. threaten
• D. make

• The dangers ... mean that Africa is
  difficult...
• The dangers cause Africa to be difficult ...
• Threaten?
• The dangers make Africa difficult
• D. make

9
political tensions are at a flashpoint in most
countries (24). (31)

• A. nearby
• B. in the region
• C. of the area
• D. in this part
• Nearby what? Theres no specific country to be
  the point of origin.

• One option sounds better given the political
  context of the sentence
• Youd have to say in this part of the world.
• B. in the region

10
corrupt presidents are desperately clinging
(25). (28)

• A. in power
• B. the power
• C. by power
• D. to power

• To cling means to hold onto something.
• D. to power

11
Then theres (26) possibility of being attacked
by a hippo or (11)

• A. the very real
• B. a present
• C. always
• D. worrying
• We are trying to say that theres a very
  big/strong possibility of being attacked.

• The answer is an expression that may not sound
  grammatically correct to you.
• Youd have to say always the possibility.
• A. the very real

12
In Ethiopia and Sudan, border guards make the act
of simply getting into the countries an adventure
(27). (15)

• A. in itself
• B. by yourself
• C. alone
• D. with luck
• You use this expression when something is
  considered without other related ideas or
  situations.

• What situations would you normally associate with
  adventure in Africa -safaris, visiting the
  pyramids, etc.
• A. in itself

13
Cape Town is (28) in the world (90)

• A. one of the most beautiful cities
• B. a beautiful city
• C. the beautiful
• D. among the beautiful cities

• There are many beautiful cities and Cape Town is
  one of them.
• A. one of the most beautiful cities

14
Travellers come to splendid Lake Malawi (29) to
stay for days, but they remain for weeks (58)

• A. wish
• B. hoped
• C. who say
• D. intending

• In other words, when they come, they are planning
  to stay for days, but they later change their
  mind.
• D. intending

15
The old stone town of Zanzibar has changed little
(30) medieval times. (52)

• A. after
• B. during
• C. since
• D. before

• The present perfect implies that the town has not
  changed right up until now.
• C. since

16
In Kenya, visitors have (31) to get close to the
animals in its famous games parks. (62)

• A. opportunity
• B. the novelty
• C. the opportunity
• D. a novelty

• Getting close to these animals is a good chance.
• You need an article with a countable noun.
• C. the opportunity

17
The pyramids in Egypt are (32) wonder of the
world and a (33) finish to a long and eventful
trip (60)

• A. the
• B. another
• C. one
• D. the other

• The passage has mentioned many wonders of the
  world in Africa.
• B. another

18
The pyramids in Egypt are (32) wonder of the
world and a (33) finish to a long and eventful
trip (36)

• A. high
• B. better
• C. final
• D. fitting

• High finish?
• Better than what?
• Final finish is redundant
• We are saying that they are a suitable finish.
• D. fitting finish