THIS MAN’S BEEN NEARLY EVERYWHERE (reading for FCE)

Read this article about John Clause. At the time the article was written, Clause had visited
more countries than anyone else in the world. Complete the passage by circling the correct
verb forms.

John Clouse has/having(1) the thickest, most dog-eared passport in the world. Turn
to page 16 of the 1996 Guiness Book of World Records and you are going to find/’ll find(2)
the reason. He will hold /holds(3) the record for traveling to all 192 of the globe's independent countries, and to all but a few of the other territories that existed in early 1996.

Clouse, who has spent about $1.25 million roaming from A to Z in the past 40 years,
says he travels for the love of it, not to outrun anybody else who may be keeping a list. He
is now down to just three remote islands to visit.

Clouse has continued /continued (4) his journeys since making the record book, and not
only has he visited every country in the world, but some two or three times. Now he
focuses I is focusing (5) on the remaining three islands.

"Yeah, I've been trying /try (6) to get to three places: one is the Paracel Islands, owned
by China in the South China Sea," he says. "And on two occasions the weather
has kept /has been keeping (7) me from reaching Bouvet, an island in Norwegian Antarctica.
No. 3 is Clipperton, a French island about 700 miles west of Acapulco."

After all his traveling he says /will say (8) "I don't believe there are evil empires and evil
people. Yes, there are some bad leaders in the world, but seeing people as individuals has
taught me that they are all basically alike. You can be in some terrible place and someone
will extend hospitality to you."

Clouse is traveling /travels (9) light, with a small suitcase, and seldom goes /will go (10)
first class. His collection of National Geographic magazines is his source for research.

Years ago he stopped taking photos and now has kept /keeps (11) a journal of his travels.
He has crossed the Atlantic Ocean at least 100 times, and the Pacific Ocean
40 or 50 times.

Clouse concludes /will conclude (12) that the right attitude is synonymous with the
lightness of his suitcase. ''Travel without a lot of mental baggage," he says. ''Try not to go
with preconceived notions that the place will be dirty or hostile, and if it is, go with the
flow and make the best of it."

"Learn a few words like please and thank you," he suggests. ''That really
is going to please /pleases(13) people."

ANSWER KEY

2.         ‘ll find

3.         holds

4.         has continued

5.         is focusing

6.         ‘ve been trying

7.         has kept

8.         says

9.         travels

10.     goes

11.     keeps

12.     concludes

13.     pleases