Thursday, 23 April 2015

MULTIPLE CHOICE CLOZE TEST: THE FIRST PEOPLE

Here you have a multiple choice cloze test. Read the text and decide which answer, A, B, C or D, best fits each space.
The key is below the text.
Have a nice day!



THE FIRST PEOPLE 

From the arrival of the first modern humans to the beginning of recorded history is a (0)  term  of about 100 centuries, or 400 generations. We know very little about what (1)___________ at this time because these (2)____________  people left no written records of themselves. What we know about them comes from the (3)_______________  archaeologists have found at different (4)___________. 
We know that throughout prehistoric times there were many small-scale societies, and a lot of different (5)________________ living in the British islands. These groups were often in (6)______________  with their neighbours and frequently attacked each other. They also had contact with people in other parts of Europe and (7)_____________  trade with them. The many objects found in tombs and burial chambers (8)_______________ this. 
The first written accounts of  Britain (9)____________ from the time when Julius Caesar invaded Britain just over two thousand years (10)_______________. The Romans did not colonise the islands of Britain to any significant extent. To a population of about three millions Caesar's army and administration (11)____________ only a few percent. The towns and villas of the new Roman province were nearly all built by wealthy people from the British islands who later became Roman (12)_____________.

0 A spell B term C period D stretch
1 A went on B passed out C went through D passed by
2 A elderly B ancient C antique  D old
3 A marks B proof C evidence D signs
4 A sites B positions C settings D grounds
5 A families B dynasties C tribes D classes
6 A contest B fight C battle  D conflict
7 A did B had C made D kept
8 A try B prove C test D check
9 A belong B exist C begin D date
10 A ago B previously C since D earlier
11 A grew B increased C added D raised
12 A residents B citizens C inhabitants D tenants

KEY
1 A
2 B
3 C
4 A
5 C
6 D
7 A
8 B
9 D
10 A
11 C
12 B

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