Test 1
Part 2
For questions 9 - 16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Esto es una muestra. Cada test del libro tiene ocho huecos; aquí te dejamos cuatro para que veas el formato y el estilo de las claves. Los otros cuatro van ya resueltos dentro del texto.
Example:
0. Until
The Discovery of a Sunken City
(0) ____ recently, it was believed that an ancient maritime civilisation eventually relocated inland. (9) ____ the Romans, who built lasting stone monuments across Europe, this culture supposedly vanished without a trace. Not (10) ____ ago, massive ruins were discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean, but (11) ____ was known about who had built them.
The inhabitants were assumed to have had hardly (12) ____ contact with neighbouring empires. However, recovered artefacts include Egyptian pottery. This suggests that the civilisation, or at least, its merchants, travelled much further than previously thought, trading extensively with the Pharaohs of the day. Whatever the precise cause of the city's sinking may have been, the site remains a fascinating mystery. We would know nothing whatsoever about this settlement were IT not for modern deep-sea diving technology. Every new dive brings fresh evidence to the surface, slowly rewriting the accepted narrative about trade, travel and communication in the ancient Mediterranean world. Interpretations shift IN the wake of each season's finds, and older ones quietly crumble.
The inhabitants were assumed to have had hardly (12) ____ contact with neighbouring empires. However, recovered artefacts include Egyptian pottery. This suggests that the civilisation, or at least, its merchants, travelled much further than previously thought, trading extensively with the Pharaohs of the day. Whatever the precise cause of the city's sinking may have been, the site remains a fascinating mystery. We would know nothing whatsoever about this settlement were IT not for modern deep-sea diving technology. Every new dive brings fresh evidence to the surface, slowly rewriting the accepted narrative about trade, travel and communication in the ancient Mediterranean world. Interpretations shift IN the wake of each season's finds, and older ones quietly crumble.