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Gap-Fill Activities - Upper Intermediate / Advanced - Read the four texts below, and chose the word which best fits each gap from the list below each exercise Exercise One Pitcairn Island 1) _ The Pitcairn Islands are in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway 2) 3) _ Peru and New Zealand The larger island of Pitcairn was in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the mutineers from the English ship 'Bounty' and their Tahitian companions Pitcairn was the (in 1838) and today 4) _ 5) _ Pacific island to become a British colony the last vestige of the British empire in the South Pacific The 6) _ population of about 50 are the of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives English is the official language, but many islanders communicate in Pitcairnese (a pidgin language comprising of elements of 18th century English and a Tahitian dialect) The 7) of this tiny island exist on fishing, subsistence farming, handicrafts, and 8) _ postage stamps The fertile soil of the valleys produces a wide of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, sugarcane, watermelons, bananas, yams, and beans Bartering is an 9) part of the economy The major sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps to collectors and the sale of handicrafts to passing 11) stationed 10) _ It has no port or harbour; and supplies must be transported by rowed longboat from larger ships 12) a) located a) middle a) uncovered a) opening a) remains a) ancestors a) dwellers b) sited c) stationed b) between d) settled c) centre d) close b) discovered c) created b) premiere c) beginning b) remnant c) spare b) descendants b) tenants d) invented d) first d) residue c) heir c) inhabitants d) successor d) public a) different 10 a) crucial a) cars 11 12 b) variety c) types b) important b) planes a) natural a) offshore d) diversity c) major c) motor-boats b) pure c) native b) inshore d) vital d) ships d) creation c) shore d) coast Exercise Two TRINITY COLLEGE Trinity College was 1) _ by Sir Thomas Pope in 1555 A devout catholic with no surviving children, Thomas Pope saw the Foundation of an Oxford college as a means of 2) _that he and his family would always be remembered in the prayers and masses of its members He came from a family of small 3) _ in Oxfordshire, trained as a lawyer, and rose rapidly to prominence 4) Henry VIII As Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations he handled the estates of the monasteries 5) _ at the Reformation, and amassed a considerable personal 6) _ Pope was a discreet and trusted privy counsellor of Mary Tudor, and it was from Mary and Philip that he 7) Letters Patent and royal approval for his new foundation Pope died in 1559 Although his religious 8) were never fully realised - Elizabeth I had succeeded her sister and England 9) to the Protestant faith - nonetheless the memory of his name, like his college, has endured the fluctuating fortunes of over 400 years His wife, Lady Elizabeth Pope, was a particularly influential 10) _ in Trinity's early years Pope's foundation was for a President, twelve Fellows and twelve scholars, all supported by the income from his 11) endowment of lands, and for up to twenty undergraduates The Fellows, all men, were required to take Holy Orders and remain unmarried The College Statutes set out rules for a simple monastic life of religious observance and study The Garden was an informal grove of trees, mainly elms, amongst which the members of the College could 12) and meditate a) securing a) owners a) founded b) set b) ensuring b) landowners a) with a) dissolved c) begin b) on d)starting c) clinching c) freeholders c) under b) disintegrated d) verifying d) mistresses d) because c) crumbled d) withered a) inherited 12 a) prowl b) rich b) repeated b) generosity d) excepted c) belief c) returned b) symbol b) walk d) money b) received b) examples a) outline a) generous b) wealth b) conferred a) ideals a) rejoined 10 11 a) fortune d) value d) reinstated c) shape c) bounty c) promenade d) figure d) teeming d) yomp ANSWERS 1) a) founded 2) b) ensuring 3) b) landowners 4) c) under 5) a) dissolved 6) a) fortune 7) b) received 8) a) ideals 9) c) returned figure 11) a) generous 12) b) walk 10) d) Exercise Three Mulligatawny Soup This is a recipe that would have been 1) _ to all Britons living and working in the Imperial Raj Indeed the 2) _ of Indian cooks, British tastes and exotic foods have made a lasting 3) on British cuisine right down to the present day New, strange and exciting ingredients would be used to 4) _ and recreate familiar, edible and nutritious meals befitting the 5) class that they had become Lack of refrigeration, a hot and humid climate and unfamiliar cooking facilities would all 6) _ to make cooking an even more 7) _ prospect than it already would have been However, the results of these intrepid culinary explorers could often be an interesting 8) _ of East meets West Two and half pints of stock oz coconut cream, cut into chunks heaped teaspoon each ground cumin and coriander teaspoon chilli powder (flat or heaped) small tin tomato puree Flavouring Ingredients 1-2 onions, chopped and fried in butter until brown tablespoons chutney juice a few cardamom seeds, lightly crushed salt and freshly ground pepper Simmer all the basic soup ingredients 9) for 15 minutes, then add all of any of the flavouring ingredients to make the soup exactly as you like it 10) _ hot with bread a) familiar a) merger b) recognized b) unite a) impression c) combination b) perception a) attempt a) general b) try a) colluded b) mysterious b) combine a) add a) together 10 b) give d) dominate c) conspire c) enigmatic c) addition b) cooperation a) serve d) opinion d) trial c) ruling b) accessory d) noted d) coalition c) verdict c) seek b) widespread a) exhausted c) renowned b) unison c) accept d) plan d) difficult d) mix d) concurrent d) spoon ANSWERS (a) (c) (a) (b) (c) (c) (d) (d) (a) 10 (a) Exercise Four English in Europe English has without a 1) become the second language of Europe and the world European countries which have most 2) assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours in Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the 3) of Scandanavia The situation is so 4) that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be 5) of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio and print 6) it into every home and the schoolyard 7) _ of children; advertisers use it to 8) up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills 9) _ them Increasingly one hears the 10) that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations a) question b) doubt a) successfully a) rest a) plain a) ignorant a) guide a) conversation a) life a) succeed 10 a) feeling c) problem d) thought b) victorious b) additional b) open c) remaining c) blatant b) aware b) bring c) successful d) marked b) fall c) enthusiasm c) fail b) posture d) acquainted d) haul b) head-to-head b) energy d) extra c) oblivious c) shift d) lucrative c) consultation d) dialogue d) pep d) fizzle c) judgement d) view ANSWERS (b) (a) (a) (d) (b) (b) (a) (d) (c) 10 (d)