Тест по английскому на словарный запас по теме "History" №6

HISTORY. Choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the capitalized word or phrase.

1. At the battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's forces RETREATED.

attacked
intercepted
pursued
withdrew

2. Defined most BROADLY, folklore includes all the customs, beliefs and traditions that people have handed down from generation to generation.

dryly
fancifully
liberally
quaintly

3. Embroidery DEPICTING scenic views became popular especially towards the end of the eighteenth century.

commemorating
distorting
emphasizing
portraying

4. Salt has been a respected COMMODITY for much of recorded time.

article of trade
flavouring
preservative
remedy for illness

5. During her husband's presidency, Jacqueline Kennedy UNDERTOOK the co-ordination of the White House restoration.

took down
took on
underestimated
underplayed

6. MOUNTING evidence indicates that acid rain is damaging historic sites in Cracow.

Increasing
Irrefutable
Hanging
Tentative

7. Most people know that Copernicus was an acclaimed astronomer, but how many realize that he also WON recognition for his talent as a politician?

achieved
anticipated
deserved
sought

8. Grunwald was the SCENE of one of the most famous victories of the Polish army.

adventure
event
landscape
location

9. The attack on Fort Sumter near Charleston PROVOKED a sharp response from the "North, which led to the American Civil War.

defied
demanded
elicited
expedited

10. Bread has been a STAPLE of the human diet since prehistoric times.

basic part
fastener
great delicacy
highlight

11. As early as the eleventh century large groups of people DWELT IN the vicinity of our lake.
12.

longed for
planned for
resided in
worshipped in

12. The president requested from the parliament an APPROPRIATION to build a spacecraft.

funding
guidance
power
property