Read the text. For questions 7.1.–7.5., choose the word or phrase which fits best in each gap. Circle the appropriate letter (A, B, C or D).

A SUCCESSOR TO DAVID ATTENBOROUGH?

As David Attenborough, the nation's voice of science and natural history, nears retirement, a host of presenters prepare to take up the job. This week Attenborough gave the clearest 7.1. _____ of who he sees as his natural successor – Brian Cox, the physics professor turned presenter. Cox declared himself "lost for words". He insists that Attenborough could still 7.2. _____ his great programmes. But the compliment has focused attention again on the challenge facing programme makers: how they fill perhaps the biggest shoes in British broadcasting history once Attenborough decides to 7.3. _____.