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C1 Use of English

C1Culture and heritage30 min

Test 5: Museums and cultural heritage

An advanced mixed test about museums, collections and heritage: collocation, inversion, relative clauses and word formation.

This C1 Use of English test is about museums and the care of cultural heritage. In Part 1 you choose the best option, in Part 2 you write one missing word, and in Part 3 you change a word so that it fits the sentence.

Exercise 1 of 3

Part 1: Multiple-choice gaps

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

  1. The museum's oldest galleries have _____ a major restoration.

  2. Visitors are invited to _____ their own conclusions about the objects.

  3. The curators were careful not to _____ any particular interpretation on visitors.

  4. Many artefacts were acquired under _____ circumstances, and their ownership is now disputed.

  5. The curved glass walls of the new wing are _____ of a ship's hull.

  6. Funding for small regional museums has been _____ in recent years.

  7. Had the roof not been repaired last winter, the collection _____ irreparably damaged in the storms that followed.

  8. _____ to depict the museum's founder, the portrait hangs in the entrance hall.

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Exercise 2 of 3

Part 2: Open gaps

Type one word in each gap.

  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.

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Exercise 3 of 3

Part 3: Word formation

Use the word in CAPITALS at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits the gap. Type one word.

  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)

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