Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Directions:In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

    19.
  • A They were the first settlers in Europe.
  • B They were the conquerors of Norway.
  • C They discovered Iceland in the ninth century.
  • D They settled on a small island north of England.
    20.
  • A It was some five hundred miles west of Norway.
  • B It was covered with green most time of the year.
  • C It was the Vikings' most important discovery.
  • D It was a rocky mass of land covered with ice.
    21.
  • A The Vikings' ocean explorations.
  • B The making of European nations.
  • C The Vikings'everyday life.
  • D The Europeans' Arctic discoveries.