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CEFR READING PART PRACTICE - MATCH THE ANSWERS
Read the questions 1-6 and match them with suitable answers from A-F. Use one
letter once only, you have one extra answer which is not used.
TASK 14
Which place
1. commemorates the memory of the national British hero?
2. used to be the capital of Kent?
3. is home to three separate churches?
4. is the centre for cattle breeding?
5. used to be the centre for producing cold steel?
6. earned a lot of money by slave trade?
A
Much of the land in Britain that is devoted to agricultural purposes is used for grazing. These
sheep graze in Hathersage, a town in the English county of Derbyshire
in the heart of the Peak
District. Sheep farming is an important part of the economy in Derbyshire.
B
Trafalgar Square is one of the most popular meeting spots in London. It is surrounded by
museums, theaters, and restaurants. The square was built as a monument to British naval hero
Viscount Horatio Nelson and his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
A statue of Nelson sits
atop a tall column rising above the square. The National Gallery houses paintings, some of which
date from the 13th century.
C
The town of Canterbury is dominated
by its huge cathedral, seat of the Primate of the Church of
England since the late 6th century. The present cathedral was constructed between 1070 and 1180,
with important additions dating from the 15th and 19th centuries. Canterbury is a town of ancient
British origins. It was occupied by the Romans in the 1 st century AD. In the late 6th
century it
became the capital of Ethelbert, king of Kent. The first Christian missionary to England, Saint
Augustine, arrived here from Rome in 597, founded the abbey,
and converted Ethelbert to
Christianity
D
In 1166, the town of Birmingham was granted a market charter. By the 16th century, it had
become a thriving manufacturing center specializing in metal goods. At the time of the English
Revolution in the 1640s, Birmingham produced some 16,000 sword blades
for the Parliamentary
forces, as a result of which the town was besieged and taken by the Royalists. Because of its
manufacturing capacity, Birmingham assumed a position of great importance in the late 18th
century, during the Industrial Revolution. Active in the town at that time were a number of
influential
inventors and scientists, including the inventor of the steam engine, James Watt, and
the chemist Joseph Priestley.
E
Cardiff,
the capital of Wales, is located in southern Wales at the mouths of the Taff and Ely rivers
on Bristol Channel. Cardiff is an important sea- port and industrial centre. Among its
manufactures are steel, machinery, processed foods, metal products, textiles, and paper. It
remained a small town until the opening of the Glamorganshire Canal in 1794 made it an
outlet for the mineral wealth of southern Wales. The first docks were completed in 1839,