For question 1-15, read the text below and then decided which word best fits each space, A, B, C or D.
The exercise begins with an example (0).

The Siberian Husky

Siberian Huskies, those beautiful wolf-like canines (0) for their strength and racing instinct, are, as their name (1) not native to North America. In 1908, a Russian fur trader by the name of William Goosak brought the first team of Siberians to Nome, Alaska to compete in a dog sled race. A Danish sailor Louis Thurstop, consented to drive the team after being (2) by Goosak. Spectators were not impressed with this newly-introduced (3) of dog and, (4) , quickly nicknamed them Siberian rats. These so-called 'rats', with (5) of 100 to 1 against them, ran a tremendous race and finished in third (6) .

A spectator at the sporting event, a Scotsman called Fox Ramsay, was (7) impressed with the speed and the (8) of these northern-bred huskies. So much so that he travelled to Siberia in 1909 in (9) of his own (10) of huskies. Later that year, he returned with 60 of the finest dogs to be found in Siberia. In 1910, he (11) three teams in the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, a (12) competition which covered over 656 kilometres of the roughest (13) imaginable. One of his teams (14) first, finishing the race in the (15) time of 74 hours and 14 minutes.

0	A	common	B	known	C	distinct	D	considered
1	A	points	B	expresses	C	indicates	D	marks
2	A	pushed	B	urged	C	converted	D	persuaded
3	A	make	B	brand	C	breed	D	strain
4	A	in fact	B	actually	C	really	D	utterly
5	A	stakes	B	odds	C	wagers	D	bets
6	A	spot	B	rank	C	grade	D	place
7	A	extremely	B	rightly	C	completely	D	absolutely
8	A	patience	B	stability	C	endurance	D	tolerance
9	A	search	B	exploration	C	pursuit	D	investigation
10	A	shoal	B	swarm	C	pack	D	herd
11	A	joined	B	competed	C	entered	D	enlisted
12	A	tedious	B	gruelling	C	tiresome	D	grilling
13	A	landscape	B	space	C	terrain	D	feature
14	A	came round	B	came through	C	came over	D	came in
15	A	brilliant	B	staggering	C	wonderful	D	stunning