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

The winds circling it would turn the smoldering forest of northeastern Wisconsin into ______ on earth.

hell

paradise

heaven

peace

The paper's editor, was ______ by the burning of the telegraph line.

cut off

burnt

dismissed

chased

At least the smoke had greatly reduced the mosquito population had been _______ to the respectable citizens.

obnoxious

ignorant

open

frequented

By October 4, the smoke was so thick on Green Bay that ships had to use their foghorns and ______ by compass.

navigate

guess

drive

steer

0n September 30 the Marinette reported hopefully that "the fires have nearly _______ now in this vicinity."

died out

diminished

flared

increased

The fires seemed to wax and wane, _______ on the wind and chance.

depending

from

waiting

independent

The settlements in the area were becoming increasingly _______ from both the outside world and one another.

isolated

inundated

lonely

frightened

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

licking

avoiding

damaging

Smoke sometimes ______ the sun, which was often visible only at midday.

obscured

exposed

illuminated

burnt

Many separate fires ______ in the humus of the forest floor.

smouldered

extinguished

engulfed

sank

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.

arguing

demanding

bickering

registering

The Louisiana Purchase opened a new ________ in American history and closed the old one.

chapter

paragraph

piece

book

Thomas Jefferson, the American President, purchased Louisiana and brought about the _______ of control that occurred on December 20.

transfer

ownership

transaction

hand-over

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

As a further _______ of the territory's past governments, the Louisiana State Legislature met in the former palace of the Spanish governors,

reminder

plunder

reference

examination

French immigrants came in from Francophone ________ like San Domingue.

colonies

pasts

industries

continents

New Orleans still _________ in some forms, its odd cultural mix to this day.

retains

replaces

relinquishes

refrains

Stoddard might have been ________ by the odd cultural mix that New Orleans represented.

perplexed

humoured

frightened

interested

Captain Amos Stoddard, a New Englander became one of the _______ of the new lands.

governers

many

numbers

slave traders

Slavery was not the only _______ of life in New Orleans that would have been unfamiliar to men like Captain Amos Stoddard.

aspect

look

view

position