Question

Read the text below and then decide which word, (A, B, C or D), best fits each space. Circle the correct
answer. There is an example at the beginning (0).
A NEW LOOK AT THE MIDDLE AGES
The Institute for Medieval Studies is holding a series of lectures to (0) __generate__ interest in a
period of history which is all too often(41)________. It is hoped that these lectures will (42)________
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some of the misconceptions that (43)________ to this day about the long and eventful span of time
between the crowning of Charlemagne and Renaissance.
It is true that Europe was (44)________ by the plague in the latter part of the fourteenth century,
while the terrors of the Inquisition cast a grim (45)________ over the continent. Living conditions for the
majority of people were appalling by modern standards, and life expectancy was low. The peasants
suffered under a brutal feudal system and the (46)________ of learning was open only to the clergy and
the small minority who were literate.
However, these (47)________ negative aspects of medieval life cannot be properly evaluated unless
they are viewed in the broader (48)________. The Middle Ages saw the construction of the magnificent
cathedrals that (49)________ so many European cities and the (50)________ of a middle class. Many
institutions we think of as modern were a(n) (51)________ part of medieval life. Progress was being made
in science and technology, and artists were (52)________ styles that had a powerful and (53)________
influence on subsequent centuries.

0	A	generate	B	adopt	C	define	D	Cause
41.	A	neglected	B	abandoned	C	subdued	D	Deserted
42.	A	respond	B	refuse	C	rectify	D	Revive
43.	A	insist	B	persist	C	consist	D	Desist
44.	A	injured	B	eliminated	C	wounded	D	ravaged
45.	A	shade	B	shadow	C	eclipse	D	twilight
46.	A	pursuit	B	chase	C	desire	D	quest
47.	A	potentially	B	admittedly	C	dubiously	D	comprehensively
48.	A	background	B	setting	C	context	D	environment
49.	A	grace	B	delight	C	decorate	D	illuminate
50.	A	debut	B	invention	C	introduction	D	rise
51.	A	total	B	entire	C	seamless	D	integral
52.	A	etching	B	welding	C	forging	D	carving
53.	A	maintaining	B	enduring	C	remaining	D	sustaining

 

Answer 1

41 A

42 C

43 D

44 D

45 B

46 A

47 D

48 C

49 A

50 C

51 D

52 A

53 D