Key for Schools (KET) Paper 1 Reading and Writing, Part 5 7 Read the article about this American National Park. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space (1 to 8). Sequoia National Park It is a national park (0) _______ the Southern Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Founded in 1890, it contains Mount Whitney (4,421 metres above sea level) and is famous for (1) _______ giant sequoia trees and in particular for the General Sherman tree. This giant tree (2) _______ its name from a general of the American Civil War and has impressive dimensions. It is 275 feet (3) _______ (= 83.3 m), its diameter is 25 feet (=7.7 m) and it is 2,300-2,700 (4) _______ old! General Sherman is tall and large and it continues to grow (5) _______ year, but it is difficult to appreciate the size of this giant because (6) _______ the trees around it are also large and reach the height of a 20-storey building! The park was also the (7) _______ of the grizzly bear, the symbol of California, but now it is extinct. On the contrary, the black bear (8) _______ lives there. It is not so big and its main diet is grass! Ex: 0 A in B at C on 30 1. A a B theirs C its 2. A takes B gives C calls 3. A long B high C big 4. A years B centuries C months 5. A each B all C any 6. A some B any C all 7. A house B home C flat 8. A yet B already C still