General English Level 4 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV4 Unit 04 Topic 01.doc I crawled, desperately dragging myself along by digging my fingers into the mud. By now I was seriously injured and covered in blood, but there was no one to help me. It was up to me to save myself. Would I be able to do it? I knew there was a ranger's hut nearby but didn't know if anyone would be there. As I dragged myself along I wondered if I would have enough strength to make the distance. I must have passed out a few times. Someone found me a few hours later and rescued me. By then I was semiconscious and in a lot of pain. It's now many years since I fought so desperately not to die. I have scars on my legs and I sometimes have trouble walking. I have never forgotten the horror of what happened. It seems like only yesterday. Nor will I ever forget the fighting spirit I found inside me as I fought for my life. I wonder if that's what saved me from being a crocodile's lunch! Dictionary miraculously surface to grab desperately prey semiconscious Vocabulary shattered broken passed out fainted it was up to me I had to do it  READING 02 A survivor's story – task 1. Read the questions. 2. Read the article again. 3. Choose the correct answer. 1. Cynthia Birch survived  (a) a shark attack.  (b) a bushfire.  (c) a snake bite.  (d) a crocodile attack. 2. Cynthia went to the wetlands to find  (a) a campsite.  (b) a lonely river.  (c) some ancient rock paintings.  (d) a crocodile 3. She made her trip  (a) in a car.  (b) in a canoe.  (c) in a bus.  (d) by bicycle. 4. A huge crocodile  (a) swam up to the canoe.  (b) leapt out of a tree.  (c) leapt into the canoe.  (d) smashed into the canoe. 112