INSTRUCTION: Answer question ∈ relation to text.
TEXT
Eight rules for walks ∈ the country Posted by Tom Cox
“It’s quite an up and down kind of walk,” said my friend
Emma. “Oh,” added Emma, “and it gets a bit blowy up there,
so I’d leave your credit card back here if I were you.” I gave
her a searching look, wondering how a credit card might
[5] relate to a strong wind. “I took mine up there the other week
and it blew out of my hand into the sea,” she clarified. “I had
to order a new one.”
I fell ∈ love with walking because it lifted my spirit
and took me to parts of my local area that I would never
[10] have _________ otherwise, but also because there was
something brilliantly ridiculous about the idea of _________
yourself, on a whim, alone, ∈a bit of countryside you’d never
_________ before, with no real goal apart from putting one
foot ∈ front of the other.
[15] I’ve never really dressed ∈ any walking-specific clothing
or taken any special supplies out with me, but I do think
there are a few things I’ve learned about “how to walk” ∈
gentle terrain that might help others. I have compiled some
of the main ones: always be assertive ∈ saying “Hello!”
[20] to fellow walkers, unless ∈a built-up area; learn to
fold your map properly; show strange dogs and cows
who is boss; don’t be afraid of dictaphones*; try not to
have a beard, but if you do have a beard, have a dog as
well; try to avoid headwear, unless strictly necessary;
[25] choose an apt soundtrack for your walk; watch out for
fookwits and loonies!
This last one doesn’t apply specifically to country walks.
It’s just something that my dad tells me every time I see him,
and it’s worked fairly well as a general rule for life over the
[30] years, so it probably works for walking as well.
*voice recorders
Adapted from http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ 2013/sep/11/eight-rules-country-walks
The verb patterns that can correctly fill ∈ the gaps ∈ the text (lines 10, 11 and 13) are, respectively,
