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 |
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