Vocabulary Practice

accompany accumulate coincide command commodity

depart fascinate subsequent terminate via

A. Complete the information using the correct form of words from the box. Two words are extra.
As a young man, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl had long been 1) __________ by Pacific
cultures and island life. Heyerdahl developed an innovative theory for how the Pacific islands of
Polynesia were first settled. He believed it was possible for humans, even in very basic craft, to
travel from South America to Polynesia 2) __________ the strong ocean currents near the
Equator. 3) __________, he claimed, it was South American Indians who first settled in
Polynesia, not Southeast Asian as was commonly believed. Despite all the evidence he 4)
__________, however, few people took his viewpoint seriously.

To prove his theory, Heyerdahl decided to build a basic raft himself-called the Kon-Tiki- and sail
it from South America to Polynesia. In 1947, he 5) __________ from Callao, Peru on 101-day
voyage, 6) __________ by a team of only five men. Later he remembered how he felt when he
arrived on the Polynesian island of Raroia: “I crawled up on the dry sand and counted the men
around me. That feeling can never be matched. We had really made it and we were all alive!”

In April 2002, Thor Heyerdahl’s life of adventure was 7) __________ as a result of a brain tumor.
The year 8) __________ with the 55th anniversary of his historic voyage in the Kon-Tiki, a voyage
that changed forever the way we view one of humanity’s greatest journeys.

B. Choose the best answer for each questions.

1. Generally, you give commands to people who are _________ in rank.
a. below you b. your equal

2. Examples of commodities include __________.

a. bread and coffee b. love and happiness

3. Accumulating wealth usually happens _________.

a. suddenly b. over a period of time

4. To terminate something means to __________.

a. start it b. finish it

5. Two things that coincide happen _________.

a. at the same time c. one after the other.