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C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 5)

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  • The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.
    chased
    dismissed
    cut off
    burnt
  • By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.
    steer
    drive
    guess
    navigate
  • 0n September 30, flames came within three miles of the town of Green Bay, _________, 1,200 cords of wood stored at a charcoal kiln.
    avoiding
    consuming
    licking
    damaging
  • Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.
    burnt
    exposed
    illuminated
    obscured
  • Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.
    numbers
    slave traders
    governers
    many
  • The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.
    paragraph
    chapter
    piece
    book
  • The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.
    depending
    independent
    waiting
    from
  • The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.
    isolated
    frightened
    lonely
    inundated
  • In what might _______ readers today as a particularly chilling reminder of the city's previous masters, two pillories stood on Chartres Street.
    strike
    instill
    inspire
    present
  • At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.
    obnoxious
    open
    frequented
    ignorant
  • As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,
    plunder
    reference
    reminder
    examination
  • 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.
    registering
    demanding
    arguing
    bickering
  • The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into ______ on earth.
    heaven
    paradise
    hell
    peace
  • Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.
    look
    view
    position
    aspect
  • Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.
    perplexed
    humoured
    frightened
    interested
  • Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.
    hand-over
    transfer
    transaction
    ownership
  • French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.
    continents
    pasts
    industries
    colonies
  • Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.
    engulfed
    sank
    extinguished
    smouldered
  • New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.
    retains
    relinquishes
    replaces
    refrains
  • 0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."
    increased
    flared
    died out
    diminished