Question

I'd always wanted to escape, to get back to nature. But (1) ______ last year did I manage – briefly - to make my dream come true when, with an equally crazy friend, I (2) ______ myself on a beautiful deserted island somewhere in the Philippines. (3) ______ had I felt so alive. It was everything I (4) ______: stunningly beautiful, long pristine beaches and nobody in sight! This was just what we (5) ______ about back home! But on our first night we wanted to set up camp, cook our rice and watch the sunset. (6) ______ did we know that swarms of starving mosquitos had other ideas. Forced into hiding, we went hungry for the night! Only when morning came were we finally able to eat. But we learned and things got better - our days were spent swimming, making fires and cooking. Occasionally I (7) ______ to catch fish, usually unsuccessfully. Time almost ceased to exist. We had no commitments other than surviving and home seemed a world away, but reality inevitably caught up with us. (8) ______ had we arrived, it seemed, than we had to leave.

1. A) only when B) not until C) only in D) not once
2. A) was finding B) find C) found D) had been found
3. A) Hardly B) Never before C) Barely D) Not until
4. A) had dreamed of B) am dreaming of C) dream of D) have dreamed of
5. A) used to talking B) have talked C) would have talked D) had been talking
6. A) Little B) Rarely C) Scarcely D) Seldom
7. A) have attempted B) was attempting C) attempt D) would attempt
8. A) No sooner B) No longer C) No more D) No later

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

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