Alfred Wainwright came from a relatively poor family but managed to (0) ......... qualifications in accountancy. However it is not for his skill in accountancy that he is (1) ......... but for his pictorial guidebooks to the English Lake District. The Lake District is in the north-west of England and (2) ......... an area of some 2,292 square kilometres. As its name (3) ......... , it is an area of lakes and mountains. Alfred first went there on a walking holiday in 1930 and immediately fell in love with the area. He (4) ......... the Lake District into seven parts and wrote a guide for each of them. The guides (5) ......... entirely of copies of his hand-written manuscripts. All have descriptions of walks with hand-drawn maps and sketches of views from the summits of the different mountains. He intended the books to be just for his own personal (6) ......... but was eventually (7) ......... to publish them. They are beautiful books which (8) ......... as popular as ever.
1 A reminded B recollected C referred D remembered
2 A reaches B extends C ranges D covers
3 A implies B represents C proves D means
4 A distributed B assigned C divided D allocated
5 A involve B consist C include D contain
6 A application B use C employment D practice
7 A persuaded B impressed C caused D influenced
8 A stay B keep C continue D remain