Saving Latin - Unit 10

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.

remit

task

vocation

mission

getting

putting

bringing

setting

conveyed

voiced

uttered

sounded

wane

fall

ebb

drop

deteriorating

eroding

disintegrating

eating

slip

push

cast

post

answer

satisfy

suffice

content

laughs

leases

lengths

legs

Try telling the Reverend Reginald Foster that Latin is a dead language. The response will be an impassioned rant from a teacher who has dedicated a large (0) ___ of his life to keeping the forerunner of the English and Romance languages alive. A man on a (1) ___ , he speaks only in Latin to his students, (2) ___ the language to life with his dramatic recitations. But Reverend Foster is not alone. Latin plays a special part in Italian cultural heritage, and politicians and academics have (3) ___ concerns that enthusiasm for Latin in schools appears to be on the (4) ___ because of the popularity of English. Some purists even feel this is (5) ___ their national identity. They have a point; in my experience Italians seem obsessed with using English words, and will (6) ___ an English word into a sentence even when a perfectly good native word will (7) ___ . But need we really fear for Latin just yet? Maybe not. Even if it is on its last (8) ___ , it has survived for over 2,000 years.

Saving Latin

volume

chapter

act

scene

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