1. read the text and make it complete choosing the best items to fill in the gaps. the first viking to (1) in iceland was a norwegian (2) ingolfur arnarson, in 874 ad. the vikings soon found that living in iceland was just as difficult as living in scandinavia, because they had to search (3) to find strips of fertile land where crops could be grown and cattle grazed. (4) these hardships and the cold, wet, windy climate, the vikings settled down, set up farms, built huts and erected houses. about ten years later, though, viking history began to repeat (5) . in iceland, as in scandinavia, good farming land became scarce, food became short and some of the iceland vikings began to look further west for new homes. they found them in greenland, which (6) in 982 ad by erik the red. four years (7) , erik left iceland for greenland with twenty-five ships, full of settlers, but only fourteen ships reached greenland (8) . within (9) years, the vikings had set up three hundred farms in greenland, some with as many as twenty cows, (10) goats and (11) and erik the red had (12) cows on his large farm at brattahlid. the vikings made (13) butter and cheese to eat, and they found the hunting in greenland was very good: there were caribou and bears and (14) whales, seals and (15) in the sea. 1. a) come b) place c) settle d) position 2. a) boss b) leader c) president d) chieftain 3. a) hardly b) hard c) heavily d) heavy 4. a) despite b) in spite c) though d) nevertheless 5. a) herself b) himself c) themselves d) itself 6. a) explored b) exploring c) was explored d) was exploring 7. a) latter b) later c) latest d) last 8. a) safely b) safe c) safety d) safeness 9. a) few b) little c) a few d) a little 10. a) well b) as well c) as d) as well as 11. a) sheep b) sheeps c) ship d) ships 12. a) fourty b) forty c) forties d) fourth 13. a) plenty b) plenty of c) a good many d) a great number of 14. a) plenty of b) a lot c) a good deal of d) plenty 15. a) much fish b) many fishes c) many fish d) a lot of fishes
