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CAM 17_READING TEST 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  • During this period London grew at an _____ rate.

a)

astonishing

b)

significant

c)

surprisingly

d)

dramatic

2.

What is the antonym of "advocates"

a)

supporters

b)

objectors

c)

proponents

3.

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

a)

attorney

b)

barrister

c)

notary

d)

solicitor

4.

a lawyer in the UK who has the right to argue cases in the higher courts of law

a)

barrister

b)

solicitor

c)

attorney

d)

notary

5.

The carnival parade was a magnificent _____

a)

spectacle

b)

event

c)

incidence

d)

celebration

6.

Many of Europe's airports are heavily _____

a)

crowded

b)

packed

c)

congested

7.
  • What a _____! I wasn't expecting to see you here.

a)

coincidentally

b)

coincidental

c)
  • coincidence

d)

coincident

8.

Today, the _____ of the amphitheatre remain embedded in the various shops and residences around the public square

a)

destruction

b)

ruins

c)

remnants

d)

damages

9.

The two groups _____ and established the Metropolitan Railway Company in August 1854

a)

joined

b)

combined

c)

merged

10.

A trench about ten metres wide and six metres deep was _____

a)

excavated

b)

dig

c)

dug

11.

Although the technology to create these tunnels existed, steam locomotives could not be used in

such a_____ space.

a)

confinely

b)

confinement

c)

confine

d)

confined

12.

Several _____ styles are being considered for the proposed housing development.

a)

architect

b)

architecture

c)

architectural

d)

architecturally

13.

Sword Lake is _____ of Hanoi

a)

emblematic

b)

signal

c)

image

d)

symbol

14.

Match the buildings with the correct pictures

a)

1.

fortress

b)

2.

public square

c)

3.

canopies

d)

4.

salt depot

e)

5.

amphitheatre

15.

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

a)

executed

b)

execution

c)

executioner

d)

executer

16.

Laughter _____ through the house

a)

spread

b)

appeared

c)

resounded

d)

exploded

17.

what is the picture decribes "cherub"

a)

b)

c)

18.

His

arrival in Edinburgh prompted the English

Parliamentary army to invade Scotland in a

_____ strike.

a)

military

b)

surprising

c)

unexpected

d)

pre-emptive

19.

Over the following

six weeks he managed, through a series of

heart-poundingly close escapes, to evade the

Parliamentarians before seeking _____ in

France.

a)

refuge

b)

refugee

c)

refude

20.

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?

a)

unanticipated

b)

unanswered

c)

tantalising