Share C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 5)
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Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
view
position
aspect
look
Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
humoured
perplexed
interested
frightened
New Orleans still _________, in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
retains
refrains
relinquishes
replaces
French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
pasts
colonies
continents
industries
As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
reminder
examination
plunder
reference
In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
present
instill
strike
inspire
Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
ownership
transaction
hand-over
transfer
The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
paragraph
chapter
book
piece
Only a few years before, he had rejected a proposal for a national bank by _______ that the Constitution didn't empower the US. government to create such an institution.
demanding
arguing
bickering
registering
Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
illuminated
obscured
burnt
exposed
0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________ 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
consuming
damaging
licking
avoiding
The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
inundated
frightened
lonely
isolated
The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
independent
from
waiting
depending
0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
flared
diminished
increased
died out
By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.
steer
guess
drive
navigate
At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population which had been _______ to the respectable citizens.
ignorant
frequented
obnoxious
open
