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Directions:Read the texts below and decide what part of speech in A, B, C or D best fits each gap in the sentences. Test 56 In 332 BC Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, (1) ___ Egypt. In 305 BC Alexander's general Ptolemy became king of Egypt, and for almost 300 years his (2) ___ , the Ptolemies, ruled Egypt. Although Ptolemy was Macedonian by birth and the Ptolemies remained (3)_ to Greek culture, they were (4)_____ for one of the great The Ptolemies did so to win (5)__ for their rule from their Egyptian (6)___ . The Ptolemaic dynasty ended when Cleopatn, queen of Egypt, (7)_____ suicide after the Ro The Roman victory marked the end of ancient Egypt as an 1. A conquered C conquering 2. A descend C descendible 3. A ties C tier 4. A responsible C responsibility 5. A accept C acceptance 6. A subjects C subjacent 7. A commitment C committing 8. A defeatism C defeating 9. A depend C independent Test 57 Although the Smithsonian Institution may seem an American enterprise, its (1)_____ He in the bequest of an Englishman, Smithson, who never even visited the Unit will, (3) ____ his vast (4) ___ to his nephew with one proviso: if the nephew died with no (5)_____ , Smithson's estate was to be given "to the United States of America,, (7) ___ of knowledge among men". His nephew died, heirless, (8)____ than seven years after his uncle. 1. A origins C originality 2. A writing C wrote 3. A left C leave 4. A fortunate C fortune B fortunated D fortunately 5. A heirloom C heiress 6. A founding C founded 7. A diffusion C diffuse 8. A little C a little Test 58 A number of individual diamonds have become (1)__ , (2)____ because of their size. The largest of all (3)________ diamonds is the Cullinan, which was discovered in South Africa in 1905 and was (4)_____ to Edward VII, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, by the government of the Transvaal. The Cullinan weighed 3,106 carats before cutting and was pronounced by crystallographers to be a fragment of a (5)______ larger stone. When the stone was cut, a total of 105 gems were produced, (6)___ 1,063 carats in all. The largest of these was a stone called the Star of Africa, the biggest cut dia scepter. 1. A famed C famously 2. A primacy C prime B primary D primarily 3. A knew C knowing 4. A present C presented 5. A considerably C considering 6. A weight C weighed 7. A exist C existed B existing D existence 8. A royally C royalty Test 59 (1) ___ to tradition, the first American Thanksgiving was (2) ____ in 1621 by the English Pilgrims who had founded the Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims marked the (3) ___ by (4) ____ with their Native American guests who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill. Al thought of the feast as a thanksgiving celebration. Two years later, during a period of drought, a day of fasting and prayer was changed to one of thanksgiving because rains came during the prayers. (7)_____ the custom (8)____ among New Englanders to (9)____ celebrate Thanksgiving after the harvest. 1. A Accordingly C According B Accordance D Accordant
2. A celebrating C celebration 3. A occasion C occasionally 4. A feast C festivity 5. A evident C evidence 6. A participate C participants 7. A Grade C Graded 8. A prevailed C prevailing 9. A annual C annualize Test 60 | During an (1)____ 700 years ago, the England's King Edward I took the 181 kg Stone of Destiny from central make a (4) ____ noise if the person sitting on it was of royal (5)____ , and it would remain (6)_____ if the person was not of royal family. (7) __ for a brief period of time, the stone has remained under the coronation (8)____ at Westminster Abbey in London, England, for the last 700 years. (9)____ English and British monarch has been crowned on the Stone of Destiny since Edward brought it to Westminster Abbey in 1296. 1. A invade C invaded 2. A owning C ownership 3. A powerfully C power 4. A groaning C groaningly 5. A blooded C bloody 6. A silently C silent B silence D silencing 7. A Exception C Except B Excepting D Excepted 8. A seat C seater 9. A Everyone C Everywhere Test 61 The ancient games are athletic contests and other types of public (1)____ that were a (2)_____ of the religious and social life of ancient Greece and Rome. The Roman games (3)___ radically from the Greek games in several respects. In Greece the people were often (4)____ , whereas in Rome they were mere spectators, and only professional athletes, slaves, and (5) ____ usually took part. Also, the Greek games (6)____ for their entertainment (7)_____ chiefly on (8)____ among athletes, whereas the Roman games were often characterized by the staging of battles (9)____ to the death and (10)____ large numbers of human beings and also beasts. 1. A spectacularly C spectacled 2. A featured C feature B featuring D featureless 3. A differed C differ B different D difference 4. A participation C parts B participants D participate 5. A prison C imprisonment 6. A dependence C depended 7. A value C values 8. A competed C compete 9 A fighting C fightingly B fighter D fought 10. A involvement C involved B involving D involve Test 62 Cereals are various species of the grass family, (1)____ for their seed, which is used as food. The name is (2)_____ from Ceres, the Roman goddess of grains and agriculture. Although the cereals do not belong to any (3)____ tribe of the grasses, the use of particular species as bread plants seems to have been determined chiefly by the (4)____ size of the seed or by the (5)__ of obtaining it in (6)___ quantity and of freeing it from its (7)_____ covering. The most (8) ___ cultivated grains are wheat, barley, rye, oats, rice, corn or maize. These have all been cultivated since ancient times. Maize is the only grain that (9)______ in America; the others were developed in Europe, Asia, and Africa. 1. A cultivation C cultivated 2. A derived C derivation 3. A particularly C particularized 4. A superiority C superiorly 5. A easy C ease B easily D easement 6. A suffice ' C sufficiency 7. A edible C eat B edibly D edibility 8. A extensively C extent B extensive D extensible 9. A origin C origination Test 63 Periodic floods (1) __ naturally on many rivers, forming an area known as the (2) ____ plain. These river floods often result from heavy rain, sometimes combined with melting snow, which causes the rivers to overflow their banks; a flood that rises and falls rapidly with little or no (3)__ warning is called a flash flood. Flash floods are usually caused by (4)______ rainfall over a (5) ___ small area. Coastal areas occasionally are flooded by unusually high tides (6) ___ by (7) ____ winds over ocean surfaces, or by tsunamis caused by have other (9) ___ as well. 1. A occurred C occur B occurrence D occurring 2. A flow C flowed 3 A advance C advances 4 A intensity C intensify B intense D intensely 5. A relative C relate B relativity D relatively 6. A induced C inducement 7. A severely C severe 8. A danger C in danger 9. A effectiveness C effective Test 64 | Although several cane-cutting machines have been used with some (1)____ , most of the sugarcane in the world is (2)___ by hand. The cutting instrument most common- ly used (3) ___ of a large steel blade 50 cm (4) ________ and about 13 cm (5)___ , (6)____ with a small hook on the back, and set into a wooden handle. Cane is cut at or near the surface of the ground, stripped of its leaves by the knife hook, and trimmed at the top near the last (7)___ joint. The cane is then piled in rows along the ground until picked up by hand or machine, tied in bun 1. A succeed C success B successful D succeeding 2. A harvesting C harvested
3. A constituent C constituency 4. A length C longer 5. A wide C width B widen D widening 6. A equipment C equipped 7. A mature C maturating 8. A grind C ground B grinding D grindable Test 65 Quebec has several problems with (1) . Because of its location at the northeast corner of North America, winds from the southwest carry pollution to the (2)______ . Acid rain has (3) ____ damaged (4) ____ lakes and some forestlands, with maple trees the hardest hit. About half of the sulfur compounds that (5)_____ acid rain originate at power plants and industrial sites in the United States, a the (8)____ of the water. 1 A pollute C polluting B polluted D pollution 2. A provincialism C province B provincial D provincially 3. A seriously C seriousness 4. A numerously C numerous 5. A causality C causative 6. A additional C add B addition D added 7. A enforced C force B forcing D enforce 8. A qualitative C qualifying Test 66 A (1)____ lighthouse is a structure from which light is projected at night, or which serves as a marker by ledges or reefs, on islands, and even in the water. Light (6)____ hazards, and (7)_____ them that land is (8)___ . Lighthouses differ from smaller beacons in that a light Today, however, most lighthouses use automatic elec
1. A commonly C commonness 2. A guided C guidance 3. A sailer C sails 4. A enter C entrances B entrant D entered 5. A identify C identification 6. A potentially C potency 7. A notifying C notify
8. A nearer C nearness 9. A living C alive 10. A requirement C required Test 67 In 1963 the ZIP (Zoning Improvement Program) code system was (1)___ to simplify the patterns and (2)____ of mail (3)____ . The ZIP code is a five-digit number used on the last line of the address (4)____ the name of the city and state. The first (5)_____ , from 0 to 9, stands for one of the ten main geographical areas into which the United States and its (6) ____ are (7) ____ . The next four digits mark off (8)___ farther by subdividing the main area; the first three digits together (9)____ a sectional or metropol or branch post office. Use of ZIP codes is (12)_____ . 1. A introduced C introduce 2. A procedural C procedures 3. A distribution C distribute 4. A follow C followed 5. A digitalization C digital 6. A possessive C possessions 7. A divide C dividing 8. A local C locally B localities D localized 9. A represent C representation 10. A specify C specifying
11. A disassociated C associating 12. A voluntary C volunteer B voluntarily D voluntarism Test 68 The first globes were built by ancient Greeks. The earliest known globe was said to have been (1)_ by the (2) ____ Crates about 150 BC. An ancient celestial globe that still (3)_____ was made about 150 AD as part of a (4)___ , called the Farnese Atlas, in the Naples Museum, Italy. The oldest (5)______ terrestrial globe was built in Germany, in 1492. This globe does not show the Americas. As new (6) __ were discovered in the 16th and 17th centuries, globes became more (7) _ . The world's largest globe is the Unisphere, which was built for the 1964 New York World's Fair. This (8)______ steel globe is 37 m (9) ____ and weighs 408,000 kg, including its base. 1. A construct C constructing 2. A scholarship C scholar B scholarly D scholastic 3. A existing C existence 4. A sculptor C sculpt B sculpture D sculptural 5. A existing C exists B existed D existence 6. A land C lands B landless D landed 7. A accuracy C accurately 8. A stain C staining B stained D stainless 9. A cross C crossing Test 69 The Louvre, the national art museum of France and the palace in which it is (1)__ , is located in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine River. The structure, until 1682 a (2) ___ of the kings of France, is one of the largest palaces in the world. It (3)____ the site of a 13th-century fortress. The building of the Louvre was begun in 1546. (4)___ were made to the structure during the (5)______ of almost every French (6) __ . Under Henry IV, in the early 17th century, the Grande Galerie, now the main picture gallery, which borders the Seine, was (7)_____ . By the mid-19th century the vast complex was built; (8)_____ more than 19 hectares, it is a masterpiece of architectural design. 1. A house C housed B home D homeland 2. A residence C resident 3. A occupies C occupancy
4. A Add C Additions 5. A regal C reigned 6. A monarchic C monarch 7. A completing C complete 8. A covering C covered Test 70 Children's games are recreational (1)______ especially enjoyed by children. Any attempt (2)_____ them is diffi of skill and those of chance, games (4)__ indoors or outdoors, and games for one child alone or for two or the game progresses (and often prefaced with the sug games — (8) ___ lotto, questions, and charades — are also popular. 1. A active C activities 2. A classifying C to classify 3. A variant C varies 4. A playing C playable 5. A prescribable C prescribed 6. A spontaneously C spontaneous B spontaneity D spontaneousness 7. A pretence C to pretend 8. A inclusive C included Test 71 Scarlet fever is an (1)____ disease, caused by bacteria, which usually enter the body through the nose or mouth; it is The typical (3)____ symptoms of the disease are head spots may appear on the palate; bright red papilla (4)_____ on the tongue, giving it an appearance commonly called strawberry tongue. A characteristic skin eruption appears on the chest and usually spreads over the entire body except the face. The rash fades on pressure. The fever, which frequently runs as high as 40° to 40.6°C, generally lasts only a few days but may (5)___ to a week or longer. The rash usually fades in (6)___ a week, and at that time the skin begins to peel. Scarlet fever may be (7) _____ by other diseases, for example, by pneumonia. Since the (8) _____ of penicillin, however, most instances of scarlet fever can be (9) ______ without the (10)____ of permanent after-effects. 1. A infectious C infect B infection D infected 2. A affection C affects B affected D affecting 3. A initials C initialize 4. A emerged C emerging 5. A extent C extended 6. A approximately C approximation 7. A complication C complicated
8. A introduce C introduced 9. A cure C curing B cured D cureless 10. A occurrence C occurred Test 72 The Great Depression in the United States, the worst and longest (1)____ collapse in the history of the modern industrial world, lasted from the end of 1929 until the early 1940s. Beginning in the United States, the depression spread to most of the world's industrial countries, which in the 20th century had become economically (2) ______ on one another. The Great Depression saw rapid declines in the production and sale of goods and a sudden, severe rise in (3) ___ . Businesses and banks closed their doors, people lost their jobs, homes, and savings, and many depended on (4)____ to (5)____ , In 1933, at the worst point in the depression, more than 15 million Americans — one-quarter ef the nation's workforce — were unemployed. The depression was caused by a number of serious (6)____ in the economy. Although the 1920s appeared on the surface to be a (7) __ time, income was unevenly distributed. The wealthy made large profits, but more and Great Depression: the (10)_____ U.S. stock market crash of 1929, which ruined thousands of investors and destroyed (11) ___ in the economy. Continuing throughout the 1930s, the depression ended in the United States only when (12) ____ spending for World War II began. 1. A economize C economically 2. A depend C dependence
3. A unemployment C employ 4. A charitable C charity 5. A survival C survive 6. A weaknesses C weaken
7. A prosperity C prosperously 8. A earnings C earning 9. A contribution C contributed
10. A catastrophic C catastrophically 11. A confidence C confidential 12. A mass C massively B massiveness D massive Test 73 Periodicals are publications released on a (1) __ basis that feature articles, poems, stories, and other types of writing. Many periodicals also (2) __ photographs and drawings. Periodicals that are aimed at a general audience, such as weekly news roundups, are also called magazines. Those with a more (3) __ audience, such as publications of (4) ____ organizations, can be termed journals. (5)___ , the difference between periodicals and news papers has been a matter of format, publication sched ule, and content. Most newspapers deal with the news of the day and are (6)____ daily on pulp paper with relative ly large, unbound pages. Periodicals focus on more (7)___ material, and when they deal with the news they tend do so in the form of (8)____ or commentaries. For centurie periodicals generally (9)____ on finer paper than newspa pers, with smaller (10)_____ pages, and at intervals long In the 1990s, with the (11) ___ of the Internet, publishers began to release newspapers and periodicals on two forms because the general format of online newspa many newspaper publishers update their online versions throughout the day, and some online periodicals do the same Despite these technological changes, the two forms differing emphasis in choice of content remains a (15)____ factor. 1. A regularity C regularly 2. A inclusion C including 3. A narrow C narrowing 4. , A scholarly C scholarship B scholar D scholastic 5. A History C Historic 6. A issue C issued 7. A specialize C specialized 8. A summarize C summaries 9. A appear C appearing 10. A bind C binding 11. A growth C grow B growing D grown 12. A blur C blurry B blurring D blurred 13. A similarity C similar B similarly D similize 14. A flex C flexibility B flexible D flexibly 15. A distinguish C distinguished Test 74 Throughout history, people have been (1)_____ by life underwater, and the Professional Association of Dive In worldwide. They (3)____ in many different types of div are just a few. The most common form of diving is sport diving, or (5)____ diving, which is practiced at depths of less than 130 ft. From these depths, divers can make a (6) ___ ascent to the surface. Diving beyond this limit requires (7) ____ training. Because popular dive sites such as coral reefs and wrecks are (8)___ not near land, most diving is done from boats. In some locations, however, divers can enter the watei they will descend. While the divers are underwater, at least one person serves as a spotter by remaining on the boat or on shore. All groups, whether diving from a boat or from shore, are (10) __ to fly a diver down flag (a red flag with a white diagonal slash) to alert boaters that people are underwater. In general, divers seek locations where the water is clear, the temperatures warm, and the marine life (11)____ . Divers often choose to visit areas with coral reefs because they are colourful and (12) __ with life, and provide shelter for many types of fish. The Caribbean is the most popular (13) ____ in the world. Parts of the region are designated as marine parks or sanctuaries. Because they are protected from fishing and other human activity, these locations boast abundant aquatic plant and animal life. Similar protected areas (14) _____ throughout the world, and the South Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea are common dive destinations.
1. A fascination C fascinated 2. A estimating C estimates 3. A engage C engaging 4. A commerce C commercialise 5. A recreation C recreated B recreate D recreational 6. A straightforward C straightened 7. A advance C advancement 8. A typically C typical B type D typifying 9. A deep C depth B deeply D deepen 10. A require C requirement B required D requiring 11. A plenty C plentiful B plenteously D plentifully 12. A densely C densing B density D dense 13. A destine C destination 14. A exist C existing Test 75 | The Canary Islands or Canaries is the group of is off the north-western coast of Africa, (2)____ the provinces of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Their capitals are, (3) ___ , Las Palmas on Grand Canary and Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Tenerife Island; the cities also serve as dual and (4)____ capitals of the region. The chief islands of the group, in (5) ____ order of size, are Tenerife, Fuerteventura, the (6)___ to the African mainland, Grand Canary, Lanzarote, La Palma, Gomera, and Hierro. In addition, several barren islets are (7) ______ in the group The Canary Islands are of volcanic (8)_____ and are noted for their scenery and mild, dry climate, which makes them an ideal site for astronomical (9) ____ . Precipitation (10)___ mainly during the winter season. In areas below. about 400 m elevation, the (11)_____ is typically northern African; characteristic (12)____ are the date palm, dragon tree, and cactus. Growing at higher levels are laurels. The islands have no rivers, however, and severe drought.' are common; (14)_____ irrigation is therefore a (15)_____ in most cultivable areas. Among important crops are bananas, citrus fruits, sugar cane, peaches, figs, wine grapes, grain, tomatoes, and potatoes. (16)______ products include textiles and fine (17)____ . (18)____ is also impor
1. A autonomy C autonomic 2. A comprise C comprisal 3. A respect C respectively 4. A alter C altering 5. A descending C descendant 6. A near C nearest 7. A included C inclusion 8. A originate C origin B original D originally 9. A observer C observed B observation D observational 10. A occurrence C occurred 11. A vegetable C vegetables B vegetation D vegetate 12. A vary C various B varied D varieties 13. A fertilizer C fertile B fertilize D fertilized 14. A artificial C artificially 15. A necessity C necessaries 16. A Manufacture C Manufactured 17. A embroider C embroiderer 18. A Tourist C Tour 19. A fashionable C fashionably Part Four WORD-BUILDBNG (2) Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the adjectives derived from the nouns in brackets accord-ing to the model. Model: Latin is the language of (ancientry) ancient Rome and the (neighbour) neighbouring territory of Latium. | Test 76 j Latin is the language of (ancientry) _____ Rome and the (neighbour)____ territory of Latium. With the spread of Roman power Latin was carried to every part of the known ancient world and became the (dominancy) ___ tongue of western Europe. It was the language of scholarship and diplomacy until the 18th century and of the Roman Catholic liturgy until the late 20th century. The colloquial speech of (culture) __ Romans ap the comedies of Plautus and Terence, the letters of Cice and by the (frequency)___ use of Greek words. This (col Latin was the language of letters in (west)____ Europe in the Middle Ages. Even for the people in (generaliza- tion) ___ , Latin continued to be a living language, be The language, however, underwent many (essence) The syntax was further simplified, new words were adopted from various sources, and new meanings came into existence; nevertheless, Latin changed far less durint this period than did either French or English. In the 15th and 16th centuries New Latin, also callec Modern Latin, came into being. The writers of the Ren aissance produced a new and (brilliancy)_____ Latin liter ature that was closely (imitation) _____ of Latin classica writers and especially of Cicero. Almost all books of im portance, (science) ___ , (philosophy) ___ , and (reli gion) ___ , were written in Latin at this time, including the works of the (Holland)_____ scholar Desiderius Eras mus, the English philosopher Francis Bacon,-and the Not until the end of the 17th century did Latin cease to be an (internationalism)_____ tongue. During the 18th and 19th centuries, however, it remained the language of Roman Catholic church still uses Latin as the language of Test 77 The Newfoundland male is about 71 cm (height)_____ at the shoulder and weighs from 64 to 68 kg; the female stands 66 cm high and its weight is from 50 to 54 kg. The Newfoundland has a (breadth)____ , massive head; small, deeply set, dark-brown eyes; small ears lying (closeness) ___ to the head; a deep chest; a (density) ___ water- resistant double coat, usually dull black in colour; and a broad (strength) ___ tail. The feet are large, strong, and webbed, for traversing marshlands and shores. Powerful swimmers, Newfound_ lands are known to have rescued human beings from drowning and to have carried lifelines from shore to ships in distress. Today they are used primarily as watchdogs and companions, but they were once used to draw carts and carry burdens. Because of their being (loyalty) _____ (in telligence)___ , and (tractability)___ , Newfoundland dogs are ideal pets. Directions:Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the adjectives derived from the nouns in brackets according to the model Model: The epitaph on the tomb of the greatest artist in history summarizes his life (simplicity) simply 'll Divino Michelangelo." Test 73 The epitaph on the tomb of the greatest artist in histo Michelangelo." Indeed, Michelangelo Buonarroti was held to be di unequalled. Michelangelo's (popularity)____ fame may rest on the sculpture masterpiece David and the Sistme Chapel ceil ant) ___ career. He was born in 1475 in the village of Caprese and grew up in Florence, which was the art capital of the early Renaissance. His early success came as a sculptor, but he also excelled at painting, architecture and even poetry. The (fame) _____ dome on the top of Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is a Michelangelo design. Michelangelo seemed to thrive on challenge and diffi his back (height)____ on a scaffold in the Sistine Chapel to complete the masterpiece painting on the ceiling. Although ceiling paintings were usually considered unimportant and were reserved for figures because of their distance from the viewer, Michelangelo produced biblical scenes ol power and subtlety on the chapel ceiling. Michelangelo's best work offers a combination of de according to art historians. His attention to the (technique, ___ aspects of human anatomy, especially the male nude is (brilliancy) ____ and (influence) _____ . The artist's work is also (intellect) _ stimulating grounded in mythology, religion, and other reference (Wideness) ___ considered the greatest artist of his owr time, Michelangelo is still seen as a key to the flowering Test 79 The Internet is the computer-based worldwide infor percomputers and databases of information. The Internet has made it (possibility)____ for people all over the world to (effectiveness) ___ and rather (cheapness) _____ com Unlike (tradition) ____ broadcasting media, such as radio and television, the Internet is a decentralized system. Each connected individual can communicate with anyone else on the Internet, can publish ideas, and can sell products. The Internet has brought new opportunity for businesses to offer goods and services online. In the future, it may have an (equality)____ dramatic impact on (height) ___ education as more universities offer Internet-based courses. In 1989 English computer scientist Timothy Berners- As it grew, however, the WWW revolutionized the use of the Internet. During the early 1990s (increase) _ large numbers of users who were not part of the scientific found that there were 61 million Internet users worldwide at the end of 1996, 148 million at the end of 1998, and an (estimate)___ 320 million in 2000. Analysts estimate that more than 700 million people will use the Internet in 2001. Test 80 [ In the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century the church suffered an (enormity) ____ blow to its authority. One man was at the heart of that split: German theologian Martin Luther. Luther, who was born in 1483, succeeded perhaps because he attacked the (notoriety)____ corruption of the medieval Catholic Church from the inside. A priest, Luther began questioning some of Catholicism's main tenets after becoming a professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg in 1508. Although many others had condemned the corruption (Basis)___ among these was his belief that only God, not the Catholic Church, could grant redemption from sin. This conflicted (straightness) _____ with the church's policy of selling indulgences. The indulgence was a (mon punishment after death for sins committed during a per ___ way for the church to raise money. In 1517 Luther (publicity) ___ attacked this and other church practices that had become corrupted in his Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, (commonality)____ known as the Ninety-Five Theses. Thanks to the new printing technology of the time, Historians consider his (revolution)____ ideas the sin Luther's defiance touched off more than a century of religious warfare and nurtured an (emergency)___ spirit of nationalism throughout the continent as governments reject Henry VIII passed a law that created an (independence) Luther was excommunicated in 1521, but he contin- ued to (violence)____ agitate against the Roman Catholic Church for the rest of his life. He was also the (principal Hebrew and Greek into German; this translation was important in opening religious scholarship to those without training in the ancient languages. Luther died in 1546, but his (influence) ___ heritage lives on in the religious world. Protestantism stands beside Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy as one of the three main divisions of Christianity. Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the nouns derived from the adjectives in brackets according to the model. Model: An iceberg is a (massive) mass of freshwater ... Test 81 | An iceberg is a (massive)____ of freshwater ice that is broken off from a (glacial)_____ or an ice shelf and that floats in the ocean or in a lake. Ice floats because its A typical iceberg shows only about one-fifth of its total mass above the water; the other four-fifths is submerged. Icebergs can be large. The largest iceberg ever sighted was 335 km in (long)____ and 97 km in (wide)____ , about the size of Belgium. It was seen in November 1956 by the crew of a United States Coast Guard icebreaker in the Ross Sea, off Antarctica. Icebergs pose a (hazardous) ___ to shipping and to offshore (active) ____ in polar and subpolar waters. Icebergs can have Thany different forms, depending on their (original)____ and age. They are usually classified as tabular, i.e. resembling a flat tabletop, rounded, or irregular and present magnificent sights in the polar and subpolar seas. Icebergs were known to early mariners and (explorato in the Arctic and Antarctic waters. Beginning in the 20th century, icebergs have been used as stabilized platforms for scientific stations. Some people have suggested towing icebergs to places where is (scarce)___ of water and melting them there, but this idea has not yet been implemented. Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the nouns derived from the nouns in brackets according to the model Model: Ted Turner is an American business (execution) executive ... Test 82 Ted Turner is an American business (execution)______ and sports (enthusiasm)____ , one of the most influential television (administration)____ of the late 20th century. Bom Robert Edward Turner III in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was educated at Georgia Military Academy and Brown University. After his father committed suicide in 1963, Turner turned out the only heir and his (inheritor) _ was the family billboard-advertising business. In 1970 he bought a failing television station in Atlanta programs via satellite to cable systems throughout the coun In 1980 Turner launched Cable Kews Network (CNN), the first 24-hour television news station. Its live (cover) ___ of fast-breaking news around the world helped it to become a highly respected news organization, and it even In 1985 Turner purchased MGM/UA Entertainment Com win-Mayer (MGM) and United Artists (UA) film studios. Within months Turner sold most of the company, but he retained MGM's massive library of films, which included such classics as Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. In 1988 he launched Turner Network Television (TNT), on which many of the movies were shown. In 1996 entertainment giant Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), the parent company for all of Turner's businesses, in a deal valued at $7.6 billion. The (acquirer)___ made Time Warner the world's larg (chairmanship) ___ of Time Warner's board of directors and head of the (divider)___ containing TBS businesses. In 1997 Turner pledged to donate $1 billion to the humanitarian causes. Turner is also the (foundation)______ of the Goodwill Games, a quadrennial international sports (competitor) ___ . His generous (sponsor) _____ is known to many companies. Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the nouns derived from the verbs in brackets according to the model. Model: In the history of American (entertain) entertainment no subject has been more popular than . . Test 83 In the history of American (entertain)____ , no subject has been more popular than the Civil War. Whether in novels, television shows, or movies, some of the most be- loved and durable works of popular culture have used the war as a point of (refer) ____ , (depart)____ , or focus. But no work about the Civil War has attained the place of Gone With the Wind. It first won praise as a novel by Margaret Mitchell. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Mitchell grew up among (relate) ____ who had first-hand memories of the war and the 1864 (invade)___ that burned their city to the ground. After a brief, disastrous (marry) _____ , she began supporting herself by writing for an Atlanta newspaper. Ailing from a (vary)____ of ills that plagued her until her (die)___ in 1950, Mitchell retired from journalism in the mid-1920s and began writing her novel. She refused repeated requests to show her manuscript to a curious (edit) ___ when he visited Atlanta on a scouting trip in 1935. But when an (acquaint)____ expressed surprise that Mitch Even before the book was released there was a feverish Making of the film version, which took more than three him to use three different directors. Shooting began before the script was even complete. Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta on December 15, 1939. The film became an even bigger (succeed) ___ than the book and won nine Oscars, including Best picture. By the 1970s an estimated 90 percent of the American public had seen the film in a theatre or on television. Directions: Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the verbs derived from the nouns in brackets according to the model. Model: Today it is generally (recognition) recognized that... Test 84 Today it is generally (recognition) _____ that Italian- end of the 15th century. This single act of courage and skill, thought foolish or suicidal by many at the time, set in motion global population shifts and advances in human knowledge that profoundly changed history. Europeans (finding) ___ a new land to inhabit and (exploitation) .__ ; however, Columbus's discovery also began a clash of cultures that (proof)____ disastrous for the aboriginal peo Based on his studies of contemporary maps and accounts, as well as on his sea travels to various European ports, Columbus (belief) ___ that he could reach East Asia — what he called "the Indies" — by sailing west from Europ ©2015 arhivinfo.ru Все права принадлежат авторам размещенных материалов.
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