READING 1: THE PIRATES OF THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN

When one mentions __________s, an image springs to most people’s minds of a crew of misfits, daredevils and adventurers in command of a tall sailing ship in the Caribbean Sea.

• pirate

• merchant

• explorer

• fisherman

Thus, in the ________ world most were restricted to a few well-known navigable routes that followed the coastline.

• ancient

• modern

• digital

• futuristic

In the first and second __________ BCE, pirates sailed around the Mediterranean, attacking ships and avoiding pursuers.

• millennia

• centuries

• decades

• years

In the first and second millennia __________, pirates sailed around the Mediterranean, attacking ships and avoiding pursuers.

• BCE

• CE

• AD

• BC

In the first and second millennia BCE, pirates sailed around the __________, attacking ships and avoiding pursuers. Fill in the blank: __________

• Mediterranean

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Arctic

When one __________s pirates, an image springs to most people’s minds of a crew of misfits, daredevils and adventurers

• mentions

• calls

• writes

• draws

When one mentions pirates, an image __________ most people’s __________s

• springs, minds

• jumps, hearts

• flies, thoughts

• runs, heads

When one mentions pirates, an image springs to most people’s minds of a __________ of misfits, daredevils and adventurers in command of a tall sailing ship in the Caribbean Sea.

• crew

• herd

• flock

• swarm

Example: When one mentions pirates, an image springs to most people’s minds of a crew of __________s, daredevils and adventurers in command of a tall sailing ship in the Caribbean Sea.

• misfit

• banker

• scientist

• farmer

When one mentions pirates, an image springs to most people’s minds of a crew of misfits, __________s and adventurers in command of a tall sailing ship in the Caribbean Sea.

• daredevil

• accountant

• gardener

• librarian