Freedom - Unit 18

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition Workbook, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

proclaimed

stated

testified

indicated

edges

positions

sides

views

clattering

rattling

jingling

hooting

overlapping

overhanging

overriding

overflowing

thinkable

imaginable

believable

credible

flashing

glaring

scintillating

glittering

quick

temporary

transient

brief

erect

raise

elevate

lift

This morning, the (0) ___ of the villages around Delhi streamed triumphantly towards their rejoicing capital to celebrate the end of a colonization most of them had not even known. 'Oh lovely dawn of freedom that breaks in gold and purple over an ancient capital,' (1) ___ India's poet laureate in benediction over the crowds. They came from all (2) ___ . There were bullocks, their hoofs painted with orange, green and white stripes, their bells (3) ___ gaily. There were trucks (4) ___ with people, their roofs and flanks painted with snakes, eagles and sacred cows. People came on donkey, horse and bicycle, walking and running, country people with turbans of every shape and colour (5) ___ , the women in bright, festive saris, every bauble they owned (6) ___ on their arms or faces. For a (7) ___ moment rank, religion and caste disappeared. Hindus, Sikhs, Moslems, Anglo-Indians laughed, cheered, and occasionally wept with emotion. 'The British are going,' they cried. 'Nehru is going to (8) ___ a new flag. We are free!'

Freedom

dwellers

inhabitants

lodgers

inmates

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