Glass - Test 3

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 3, Cambridge University Press

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

marvel

glory

magic

triumph

aspects

means

properties

resources

fruitful

deep

plentiful

rich

catch

hold

call

pick

put

taken

set

turned

overcome

overstate

overtake

overdo

approve

compliment

honour

appreciate

demand

appeal

claim

attract

Over 400 years ago, the Italian inventor, Galileo, became the first person in history to use a telescope to (0) ___ the night sky and see the solar system in all its (1) ___ . This was possible because Europeans were already using glass, for example to make windows and elaborate chandeliers, and were well aware of its (2) ___ . So when Galileo decided he wanted a telescope, he had a (3) ___ tradition of glassmaking and highly skilled glassmakers who he could (4) ___ on to provide him with a lens. Glass lenses were later (5) ___ to many other uses, not least the invention of eye glasses. It's hard to (6) ___ the impact of this technology on those who up to that point could only see a blurred world. Yet for all its considerable importance in human history, glass is now taken for granted. When we go to the top of a skyscraper we (7) ___ the quality of the light but rarely the glass itself. Perhaps it's because we look through it, rather than at it, that glass fails to (8) ___ to our emotions.

Glass

regard

notice

recognise

watch

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