Walking in the dark. The Guardian

The lights from the cottage windows ____, all

too rapidly, as we walk along an unlit country

lane...

• recede

• shy away

• induce

• hold at bay

Only in the past few hundred years have we

____ ourselves off from our natural surroundings.

• hold

• shut

• insulate

• loom

Darkness is a thing we have come to fear and ___

away from.

• hold

• loom

• go

• shy

...in the parts where darkness -----

for much of the winter, inhabitants embrace it...

• rouses

• shies away

• holds sway

• blends into

As nights in the UK close in and a Covid-induced

indoor isolation ____, it is a perfect opportunity to

go into the countryside.

• holds at bay

• roams

• closes in

• looms

The author saw (more than 1 option)

• a flock of sleeping sheep

• twinkly lights of the town

• clouds in the night sky

• people roaming around

• something that loomed

The author heard (more than 1 option)

• a bolt of thunder in the night sky

• a fox cry

• unfamiliar bird sounds

• the rustle of leaves

According to the article, most people tend to avoid darkness.

• true

• false

She took a flock of sheep for a rock.

• true

• false

People don't put up with the darkness during the time when it holds sway.

• true

• false