UNIT 20

UNIT 2 includes six texts, where the students are supposed to traintheir vocabulary and context skills.

TEXT 1

Complete the following text with the words given below:

(1) to tradition, the first American Thanksgiving was (2) in 1621 by the English Pilgrims who had founded the Plymouth Colony. The Pilgrims marked the (3) by (4) with their Native American guests who brought gifts of food as a gesture of goodwill.

Although this event was an important part of American colonial history, there is no (5) that any of the (6) thought of the feast as a thanksgiving celebration. Two years later, during a period of drought, a day of fasting and prayer was changed to one of thanksgiving because rains came during the prayers. (7) the custom (8) among New Englanders to (9) celebrate Thanksgiving after the harvest.

1. A accordingly C According

B аccordance D Accordant

2. A celebrating C celebration
B celebrated D celebrate

3. A occasion C occasionally
B occasional D occasionalism

4. A feast C festivity
B feasted D feasting

5. A evident C evidence
B evidently D evidenced

6. A participate C participants
B participating D participated

7. A Grade C Graded
B Gradually D Gradual

8. A prevailed C prevailing
B prevalence D prevalent

9. A annual C annualize
B annum D annually

TEXT 2

Complete the following text with the words given below:

The Louvre

The Louvre, the national art museum of France and the palace in which it is (1), is located in Paris, on the right bank of the Seine River. The structure, until 1682 a (2) of the kings of France, is one of the largest palaces in the world. It (3) the site of a 13th-century fortress. The building of the Louvre was begun in 1546. (4) were made to the structure during the (5) of almost every French (6). Under Henry IV, in the early 17th century, the Grande Gallery, now the main picture gallery, which borders the Seine, was (7). By the mid-19th century the vast complex was built; (8) more than 19 hectares, it is a masterpiece of architectural design.

1 A house C housed

B home D homeland

2. A residence C resident
B residential D residence

3. A occupies C occupancy
B occupying D occupant

4. A Add C Additions
B Adds D Adding

5. A regal C reigned
B reigns D regale

6. A monarchic C monarch
B monarchal D monarchy

7. A completing C complete
B completion D completed

8. A covering C covered
B cover D coverage

TEXT 3

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