Public art - Test 2

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 4, Cambridge University Press

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

inform

tell

relate

say

meaning

implication

essence

function

boundary

restriction

condition

regulation

amazement

concern

wonder

shock

over

after

against

to

big

great

vast

large

method

process

approach

procedure

horizon

distance

view

background

What is public art? If asked to (0) ___ a piece, many of us would call to mind a statue of a rather stern-looking military man or a past ruler. But public art in cities shouldn't just celebrate the past. It should (1) ___ something about contemporary society and add (2) ___ to our cityscape. Contemporary public art can be abstract, realistic or even a performance; there appears to be no (3) ___ on what artists can create, so is it any (4) ___ then that it can often cause controversy? Some people take (5) ___ a piece because they don't understand the artist's intentions while others enjoy the challenge of interacting with something new. To a (6) ___ degree, every piece of public art is an interactive (7) ___ involving artist and community. Placed in public sites, it's there for all to see and to react to. It can transform our environment, heighten our awareness and question our assumptions. What it shouldn't do is merge into the (8) ___ and become something that people can pass by without comment as they go about their daily lives.

Public art

name

define

mention

appoint

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