Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle dates back to Saxon times in the 9^th century. The castle is (0) ..A.. above the north bank the River Thames. In 1070, William I the Conqueror developed the present (1) … and built the original fortress to (2) … London from enemy attacks, as it was only one day’s march from the city centre. Windsor Castle was (3) … to residential apartments for the monarchs and it is now the world’s oldest royal (4)… .

A tour of the castle is (5) … interesting, and one of the main (6) … is the famous dolls’ house (7) … for Queen Mary by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It took three years to (8) … and more than a thousand artists and craftsmen were (9) … . The upper ward of the castle houses the royal library, which contains a (10) … collection of paintings by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

The State Apartments in Windsor Castle are used for ceremonial, state and official (11) … . They have (12) … been restored after a fire in 1992, which destroyed more than a hundred rooms.

Fortunately, most of the paintings, furniture and works of art were saved. It reopened in 1997 when the restoration of the (13) … area was successfully completed. Visiting Windsor Castle is like stepping (14) … in history, and visitors have often managed to catch a (15) of the Royal Family, whose members still spend part of the year there.

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2	A prevent	Bban	C stop	Dprotect
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4	A habitat	Bresidence	Carea	Dlocation
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6	A facilities	Battractions	Clocations	Dsites
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8	A terminate	Bend	Cfinalize	Dcomplete
9	A included	Binvolved	Cinvited	Dinformed
10	A valueless	Bpriceless	Cworthless	Dinvaluable
11	A moments	Bevents	Chappenings	Doccasions
12	A recently	Bgenerally	Crarely	Doriginally
13	A affected	Binfected	Cinfluenced	Dinfested
14	A after	Bfurther	Creverse	Dback
15	A glimpse	Bglance	Cnotice	Dsight

Across Scotland

Glasgow and Edinburgh are two great centres of Scotland. Glasgow is the heart of industry. It is a centre of business and (0) ..B.. . Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and a historical centre. The two most interesting parts of the city are the Old Town and the New Town. The Old Town lies (1) … the Castle and Holyrood Palace. This Palace is a second home for the Queen or her children, who usually visit Edinburgh in the summer.

One of the well-known monuments in Edinburgh is a monument to the dog (2) … Bobby. The dog belonged to John Gray. When he died Bobby lived near his grave for 26 years. Later Bobby was buried near his master and the statue (3) … become a symbol of devotion.

The (4) … of Scotland varies very much. The south of Scotland has beautiful valleys and plains. It is called the Lowlands. The north of Scotland is mountainous. It's called the Highlands. There are (5) … rivers and lakes between the mountains. The (6) … and the most beautiful lake is Loch Lomond, but the most famous one is Loch Ness with its mysterious monster Nessie. Scottish people like fishing very much, that’s why they say that Scottish rivers are good for two: fishing is one, the other is Scotch whisky. Whisky is made from water and barley. The method hasn’t changed (7) … hundreds years.

Highlands are famous for the Scottish Olympics or the Highland games. (8) … games are not only sporting competitions: music and different traditional games are very important too. While athletes (9) … the hammer at one end of the arena, you can watch a dancing competition at the other end. There is also a game for the strongest athletes - tossing the caber, which weights 60 kilos and is 6 metres long.

What can be more peculiar and (10) … for tourists than a man in the kilt, playing the bagpipes? The Celts of Scotland made the chequered pattern of tartan the national dress of the country. The earliest Scots formed themselves into clans (family groups) and each had its own colour and pattern of tartan.

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2	A called	Bcall	Ccalling	Dis called
3	A has	Bwas	Chad	Ddid
4	A surface	B upside	C feature	D top
5	A seldom	Balready	C usually	Dtraditionally
6	A bigger	Bbig	C biggest	Dmost big
7	A over	Bfor	Csince	Dwhile
8	A These	B That	CThis	DIt
9	A drop	B give up	Cabandon	Dthrow
10	A abstractive	Binspiring	Cattractive	Dappalling