FCE Exam Review

Alfred Wainwright came from a relatively poor family but managed to gain qualifications in accountancy. However, it is not for his skill in accountancy that he is (1) ........... , but for his pictorial guidebooks to the English Lake District.

• reminded

• recollected

• referred

• remembered

The Lake District is in the north-west of England and (2) ............ an area of some 2,292 square kilometers

• reaches

• extends

• ranges

• covers

As its name (3) ........... , it is an area of lakes and mountains. Alfred first went there on a walking holiday in 1930 and immediately fell in love with the area.

• implies

• represents

• improves

• means

He (4) ........ the Lake District into seven parts and wrote a guide for each of them.

• distributed

• assigned

• divided

• allocated

The guides (5) ....... entirely of copies of his hand-written manuscripts.

• involve

• consist

• include

• contain

He intended the books to be just for his own personal (6) .........

• application

• use

• employment

• practice

But he was eventually ...............to publish the books.

• persuaded

• impressed

• caused

• influenced

They are beautiful books which (8) ......... as popular as ever.

• stay

• keep

• continue

• remain