Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. Jack Jones took a

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

        Jack Jones took a gap year before starting university, and that was how he caught the bug for travelling.  

       Many teenagers choose to take a year off before starting their degree courses at university, a gap year, to have a break from years of (26) _________ study.

       Jack had saved (27) ________ money after doing various jobs and decided he needed to learn about other cultures by visiting America and Asia. Usually, the way people spend their gap years depends on their personalities. Somebody (28) ________ is very adventurous is likely to do something more challenging than somebody who is quieter. Jack went for extreme adventure and has never looked back.

        As soon as his university course finished, he set off on a three-year trip around the world. (29) ________, he decided only to use transport which was powered by natural energy, which meant relying on bicycles and his legs. When he had to cross water, he decided to work on ships to pay for his passage.

        His reason for this decision was to tell his message about environmental change. He made sure to (30) _______ his message on to all the people he met along the way.