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Test 5: Musei e patrimonio culturale

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Un test misto di livello avanzato su musei, collezioni e patrimonio: collocazioni, inversione, proposizioni relative e formazione delle parole.

Parte 1: Spazi a scelta multipla

Scegli la parola o l'espressione che completa meglio ogni frase.

  1. The museum's oldest galleries have ___ a major restoration.
    • a) undertaken
    • b) undergone
    • c) undermined
    • d) underlined
  2. Visitors are invited to ___ their own conclusions about the objects.
    • a) draw
    • b) do
    • c) pull
    • d) pick
  3. The curators were careful not to ___ any particular interpretation on visitors.
    • a) oppose
    • b) propose
    • c) impose
    • d) expose
  4. Many artefacts were acquired under ___ circumstances, and their ownership is now disputed.
    • a) questioning
    • b) questionable
    • c) questioned
    • d) queried
  5. The curved glass walls of the new wing are ___ of a ship's hull.
    • a) remindful
    • b) recollective
    • c) memorial
    • d) reminiscent
  6. Funding for small regional museums has been ___ in recent years.
    • a) evaded
    • b) eluded
    • c) erased
    • d) eroded
  7. Had the roof not been repaired last winter, the collection ___ irreparably damaged in the storms that followed.
    • a) would have been
    • b) would be
    • c) had been
    • d) will have been
  8. ___ to depict the museum's founder, the portrait hangs in the entrance hall.
    • a) Thinking
    • b) Thought
    • c) Think
    • d) Having thought

Parte 2: Spazi aperti

Scrivi una parola in ogni spazio.

  1. Not until the 1990s ___ the site opened to the public.
  2. The collection, parts ___ which date from the Bronze Age, is on loan.
  3. So great ___ the demand for tickets that the exhibition was extended.
  4. Entry is free, ___ donations are welcome.
  5. The museum cannot afford to buy the painting, ___ much it would like to.
  6. Visitors are requested not to touch the exhibits, ___ matter how tempting.
  7. The restoration took twice as long ___ anyone had expected.
  8. She devoted her life ___ preserving the traditions of the region.

Parte 3: Formazione delle parole

Usa la parola in MAIUSCOLO alla fine di ogni frase per formare una parola adatta allo spazio vuoto. Scrivi una sola parola.

  1. The painting's ___ was confirmed by laboratory analysis. (AUTHENTIC)
  2. Several treasures were ___ removed from the site by looters last century. (LEGAL)
  3. Visitors found the exhibition both ___ and thought-provoking. (INFORM)
  4. The curator spoke with great ___ about the collection. (ENTHUSE)
  5. The museum's ___ policy allows free entry on Sundays. (INCLUDE)
  6. The decision to build on the site was widely seen as ___, and protests soon followed. (ACCEPT)
  7. A ___ large number of manuscripts survive in private collections. (SURPRISE)
  8. Local volunteers have been ___ in protecting the site from erosion. (INSTRUMENT)

Soluzioni

Parte 1: Spazi a scelta multipla

  1. b) undergoneUndergo significa sperimentare qualcosa. Le gallerie sono ciò che viene restaurato, quindi undertaken non è adatto.
  2. a) drawLa collocazione è draw a conclusion.
  3. c) imposeImpose something on someone significa imporglielo con la forza.
  4. b) questionableQuestionable significa dubbio o criticabile.
  5. d) reminiscentBe reminiscent of significa far pensare a qualcos'altro.
  6. d) erodedI finanziamenti sono erosi (eroded) quando vengono ridotti gradualmente.
  7. a) would have beenIl terzo condizionale invertito (Had ... not been) si riferisce qui a un risultato passato (in the storms that followed), quindi serve would have been.
  8. b) ThoughtUna proposizione passiva ridotta, Thought to depict, significa which is thought to depict.

Parte 2: Spazi aperti

  1. wasNot until all'inizio di una frase richiede l'inversione: was the site opened.
  2. ofParts of which è una proposizione relativa con una struttura partitiva.
  3. wasSo great all'inizio è seguito dall'inversione: was the demand.
  4. but / although / though / yet / and / while / whilstUna qualsiasi di queste collega le due idee in modo sensato; but, although, though, yet, while e whilst aggiungono un leggero contrasto.
  5. howeverHowever much esprime concessione: no matter how much it would like to. As richiederebbe qui due parole (as much as).
  6. noNo matter how + aggettivo significa however.
  7. asUn moltiplicatore come twice è seguito da as + aggettivo + as: twice as long as.
  8. toDevote something to + forma in -ing: devoted her life to preserving.

Parte 3: Formazione delle parole

  1. authenticityIl nome derivato da authentic è authenticity.
  2. illegallyServe un avverbio negativo che modifichi removed: illegally.
  3. informativeL'aggettivo informative si abbina a thought-provoking dopo both ... and.
  4. enthusiasmDopo great serve un nome: enthusiasm.
  5. inclusive / inclusionPrima del nome policy serve un aggettivo: inclusive. Anche il nome inclusion può essere usato prima di policy.
  6. unacceptableDopo seen as l'aggettivo deve avere un senso negativo: unacceptable.
  7. surprisinglyPrima dell'aggettivo large serve un avverbio: surprisingly.
  8. instrumentalBe instrumental in significa svolgere un ruolo importante in qualcosa.

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