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WorksheetsCAM 17_READING TEST 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
During this period London grew at an _____ rate.
astonishing
significant
surprisingly
dramatic
What is the antonym of "advocates"
supporters
objectors
proponents
lawyer who prepares legal documents, for example for the sale of land or buildings, advises people on legal matters, and can speak for them in some courts of law
attorney
barrister
notary
solicitor
a lawyer in the UK who has the right to argue cases in the higher courts of law
barrister
solicitor
attorney
notary
The carnival parade was a magnificent _____
spectacle
event
incidence
celebration
Many of Europe's airports are heavily _____
crowded
packed
congested
What a _____! I wasn't expecting to see you here.
coincidentally
coincidental
coincidence
coincident
Today, the _____ of the amphitheatre remain embedded in the various shops and residences around the public square
destruction
ruins
remnants
damages
The two groups _____ and established the Metropolitan Railway Company in August 1854
joined
combined
merged
A trench about ten metres wide and six metres deep was _____
excavated
dig
dug
Although the technology to create these tunnels existed, steam locomotives could not be used in
such a_____ space.
confinely
confinement
confine
confined
Several _____ styles are being considered for the proposed housing development.
architect
architecture
architectural
architecturally
Sword Lake is _____ of Hanoi
emblematic
signal
image
symbol
Match the buildings with the correct pictures
fortress
public square
canopies
salt depot
amphitheatre
After his father
was_____ by the Parliamentarians in 1649,
the young Charles II sacrificed one of the
very principles his father had died for and
did a deal with the Scots
executed
execution
executioner
executer
Laughter _____ through the house
spread
appeared
resounded
exploded
what is the picture decribes "cherub"
His
arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English
Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a
_____ strike.
military
surprising
unexpected
pre-emptive
Over the following
six weeks he managed, through a series of
heart-poundingly close escapes, to evade the
Parliamentarians before seeking _____ in
France.
refuge
refugee
refude
The_____ question left, in the end, is that
of what it all meant. Would Charles II have
been a different king had these six weeks never
happened?
unanticipated
unanswered
tantalising
