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C1 Reading and Use of English Part 1 (Game 4)

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  • Valued in ________ of f3 million, the family's generous offer demonstrated their commitment to conserving the property.
    profit
    over
    excess
    extra
  • The arched ceiling is tiled in gold, the tire curtain bears a painting of Venice, and the ceiling is ________ with 88 tiny lightbulbs to recreate a starlit night.
    supported
    studded
    magnified
    holed
  • With the ________ inner foyer, Hershey thumbed his nose even harder at the ravages of the Depression.
    dizzying
    gaudy
    bland
    dazzling
  • Hershey was perhaps the only town in the country actually to _______ during the 1930s.
    flower
    get on
    decline
    prosper
  • The Prouty family generously agreed to a bargain sale price in order to preserve the property and avoid a likely ________ war among developers.
    summoning
    bidding
    letting
    proposing
  • Despite the continued _______ of those early town perks, it wasn't until the Depression that modern Hershey started to take shape.
    resilience
    flexibility
    elasticity
    rigidity
  • ________ from Fay Park to Long Lake, the 107-acre Prouty property is a truly unique and significant tract of woodland within minutes of Route 495.
    Stretching
    Swelling
    Multiplying
    Pushing
  • The town has protected significant acreage at Long Lake Park and along the _______ of Long Lake across from the Prouty property.
    verge
    shore
    hem
    coast
  • He seems to have _________ no expense.
    spent
    justified
    spared
    allowed
  • Most of the new buildings were strikingly ________.
    impoverished
    opulent
    unattractive
    poor
  • Instead he _________ a massive building boom that gave rise to the most visited buildings in today's Hershey.
    funded
    stocked
    accounted
    trusted
  • The 1,904-seat Venetian-style Hershey Community Theater has played _________ since 1933 to touring Broadway shows and to music, dance, and opera performances.
    homogeneously
    hosting
    host
    housing
  • ln 2002, Donald Prouty, former Littleton town Moderator and town counsel ________ .
    gave over
    passed away
    passed off
    gave away
  • NEFF now provides public _______ throughout the property and educational opportunities at the William A. King Education Center.
    acclaim
    access
    passage
    entrant
  • The floors in the _______ named Grand Lobby are polished Italian lava rock, surrounded by marble walls and capped with a has-relief ceiling showing sheaves of wheat, beehives, and swans.
    aptly
    frightfully
    inappropriately
    seemingly
  • Hershey and delivered wages to more than 600 workers. He admitted that his ________, were partly selfish.
    pretentions
    objections
    intentions
    preoccupation
  • The town has purchased a conservation restriction on 85 acres of Prouty Woods Community Forest, further increasing the conservation ________ of this property.
    treasure
    value
    fee
    prize
  • Landvest recognized the opportunity to protect a significant tract of forestland within the rapidly _______ U.S. Route 495 corridor,
    developing
    deriving
    deviating
    devising
  • In October 2003, NEFF _______ financing at a highly competitive rate and purchased the property.
    possessed
    tightened
    secured
    attached
  • The NEFF (New England Forestry Foundation) still needs to ________ £2.2 million to complete the capital campaign.
    lift
    raise
    elevate
    promote