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Taking on The World - revision quiz
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1Ellen MacArthur is a world record cross-channel swimmer
- ATrue
- BFalse
2What was the time of year when Ellen McArthur had to repair her sail during the race?
- AChristmas eve
- BMidsummer's eve
- CEaster Sunday
3What does following quotation suggest?
'I felt almost as if I was stepping on to the moon - a world over which I had no control'
- AShe doesn't know what she is doing
- BShe is in a strange situation
- CIt is exciting but unpredicatble
4Fill in the blanks with the technical sailing jargon used by McArthur:
I laid out the new [blank_start]halyard[blank_end] on deck, [blank_start]flaking[blank_end] it neatly so there were no twists. As I took the mast in my hands and began to climb I felt almost as if I was stepping on to the moon — a world over which I had no control. You can’t ease the [blank_start]sheets*[blank_end] or take a [blank_start]reef*[blank_end], nor can you alter the settings for the autopilot. If something goes wrong you are not there to attend to it. You are a passive observer looking down at your boat some 90 feet below you. After climbing just a couple of metres I realized how hard it was going to be, I couldn’t feel my fingers — I’d need gloves, despite the loss in dexterity. I climbed down, getting soaked as we ploughed into a wave — the decks around my feet were awash. I unclipped my [blank_start]jumar*[blank_end] from the halyard and put on a pair of sailing gloves. There would be no second climb on this one — I knew that I would not have the energy.
- Ahalyard
- Bjumar
- Csheets
- Dflaking
- Efolding
- Fstretching
- Gsheets*
- Hsails
- Imasts
- Jreef*
- Kbreak
- Llook
- Mjumar*
- Njacket
- Oclimbing rope
5For each of the quotations highlighted, type an annotation to explain what it tells us about Ellen McArthur
- ANot easy but she carried on
- BPhysically exhausted
- CIn danger
- DExperienced knowledge
- EBraced for pain
- FAt the limits of physical ability
- GCan't control the outcome
- HIn danger
- IGrim determination/tenacity
6Which of the following words could be used to describe Ellen McArthur?
- ADetermined
- BAfraid
- CHelpless
- DTenacious
- ERealistic
- FStubborn
- GInspirational
7What colloquial term does McArthur use to keep herself going towards the end of this passage?
- AKiddo
- BMate
- CLove
- DLass
8Ellen McArthur once said that " courage is not having the energy to go on, it's going on when you do not have the energy"
The passage from Taking on the World illustrates how McArthur puts this philosophy into practice in her sailing.
- ATrue
- BFalse
9What does Ellen McArthur mean when she says, at the end of the passage, ' I felt like a million dollars' ?
- AShe felt rich
- BShe felt pleased with herself
- CShe felt like she had achieved soemthing
10Why does Ellen McArthur end the passage by saying:
'Santa had called on Kingfisher early and we had the best present ever - a new halyard.'
HINT: There may be more than one answer! click all that apply.
- ABecause the events happened at Christmas time
- BTo express her joy at having a new sail
- CTo link back to her opening sentence
- DTo allow the reader to compare their Christmas with hers
- ETo make her achievement seem insignificant
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- 10 questions varying in type to help learners revise the content, meaning and structure of the extract from Taking on the World by Ellen McArthur that appears in the Edexcel Anthology.
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- Sarah Holmes
- Language
- English
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