Grammar: Multiple Choice - 2019 őszi

In 1919, a New York City hotel owner named Raymond Orteig (0) _______ $25,000 to the first aviator to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. Several pilots were killed or injured (1) _______ competing for the Orteig Prize. By 1927, it had still not been won. Charles Lindbergh, a 25-year-old American pilot, believed he could win it if he (2) _______ the right airplane. He persuaded nine St. Louis businessmen (3) _______ for a special airplane to be built. Lindbergh had the plane (4) _______ with only a single engine. He knew having just one engine was risky, but felt that it gave him a better chance of success. Also, it was built to be as aerodynamic as possible to make the fuel last longer. On May 20, 1927 Lindbergh took off from New York aboard his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, and 33.5 hours later he arrived (5) _______ Paris. He used the stars to navigate when possible, but sometimes he just had a compass to guide him. (6) _______ the perils of navigating the foggy Atlantic, Lindbergh's biggest challenge was simply staying awake. Lindbergh's major achievement was not that he was the first person to cross the Atlantic by airplane, but (7) _______ that he did it alone and between two major international cities.