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WORKING IT OUT
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Vocabulary
Read the text and choose the correct word (A, B or C) that best fits the space.
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O n e m y s t e r y t h a t s t i l l ( 1 ) p e o p l e t o t h i s d a y i s t h e d i s a p p e a r a n c e o f a n e n t i r e c o l o n y
o f p e o p l e i n w h a t w a s t h e n r e f e r r e d t o i n B r i t a i n a s t h e ‘ N e w W o r l d ’ – 1 5 0 0 s A m e r i c a . T h e R o a n o k e
C o l o n y w a s a g r o u p o f a b o u t 1 0 0 m e n , w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n w h o w e r e s e n t f r o m E n g l a n d t o t h e https://english0905.com/private/
N e w W o r l d i n o r d e r t o ( 2 ) t h e n e w t e r r i t o r i e s b y c r e a t i n g s e t t l e m e n t s . E a r l y i n t o t h e
c o l o n y ’ s e s t a b l i s h m e n t , t h e g o v e r n o r , J o h n W h i t e , r e t u r n e d t o E n g l a n d f o r m o r e s u p p l i e s , b u t o n h i s
r e t u r n t o t h e c o l o n y , h e w a s s h o c k e d t o d i s c o v e r t h a t a l l t h e s e t t l e r s h a d d i s a p p e a r e d . T r y a s h e m i g h t
t o (3) , t h e r e w a s s i m p l y n o t r a c e o f a n y o f t h e c o l o n i s t s . T h e o n l y v i s u a l e v i d e n c e h e
(4) w a s t h e w o r d ‘ C r o a t o a n ’ c u t i n t o a t r e e – b u t t h i s o n l y s e r v e d t o ( 5 )
h i m f u r t h e r . T o d a y , t h e o r i e s a b o u n d o v e r w h a t h a p p e n e d t o t h e m , b u t o n c e t h e s e a r e c a r e f u l l y
(6) , i t b e c o m e s e a s y t o s e e t h e f l a w s : i f t h e y m o v e d o n t o a n e w p l a c e , w h e r e d i d t h e y g o
a n d w h y d i d n ’ t t h e y l e a v e a m e s s a g e ? I f t h e y d i e d o f d i s e a s e o r w e r e a t t a c k e d b y l o c a l t r i b e s , w h e r e w e r e
t h e b o d i e s ? I f t h e y w e r e ( 7 ) p e o p l e i n t o b e l i e v i n g t h e y ’ d d i s a p p e a r e d , w h a t w a s t h e m o t i v e ?
1 A hustles B dupes C baffles
stake out stumble across nose around
2 A B C
keep them back track them down root them out
3 A B C
4 A hit upon B sounded out C sized up
5 A hoodwink B delude C perplex
6 A caught up with B mulled over C rooted out
7 A confounding B hoodwinking C hustling
Writing Part 2 Article
A newspaper has asked readers to submit articles on the subject of mystery for their
special weekend supplement. The article should briefly describe a mystery, and touch
upon why it is mysterious. The article should then broaden out to discuss why people
find mysteries so captivating.
Write your article .
For more information on writing articles, see page 192.
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