TEST E The best stone in the world In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing
artificial stone in southeast London on a __(1)__ at Pedlar’s Acre,
south __(2)__ the river. The family were __(3)__ running a successful
factory in the south-west of England. Within a year of moving __(4)__
the capital, George Coade died, leaving his wife and daughter to
__(5)__ on the business. The Coade Stone they perfected __(6)__ to
become the most permanent stone ever made. The product developed
by the factory’s former __(7)__, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked clay.
The two women __(8)__ with his recipe, and __(9)__ in creating a new
kind of stone which was almost a hundred percent weather-proof.
The advantage of Coade Stone is that while natural stone slowly
breaks down and erodes away, Coade Stone seems to be __(10)__ to
survive in all weather conditions for many years. The National Gallery,
the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace __(11)__ display their
original ornaments made of Coade Stone. __(12)__ mother and
daughter were clever businesswomen. They __(13)__ only the top
artists of the day to model their stone into statues and other ornaments.
After the deaths of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory
survived for twenty years, but in 1840 it __(14)__ closed. With it
went the Coade Stone recipe which was __(15)__, and has never
been rediscovered.
1.
A) territory
B) place
C) ground
D) plot
2.
A) to
B) of
C) from
D) than
3.
A) already
B) just
C) yet
D) however
4.
A) at
B) in
C) to
D) on
5.
A) go
B) carry
C) get
D) run
6.
A) claimed
B) had
C) was
D) would
7.
A) landlord
B) possessor
C) owner
D) tenant
8.
A) experimented
B) tried
C) experienced
D) tested
9.
A) managed
B) succeeded
C) achieved
D) completed
10. A) capable
B) possible
C) able
D) good
11. A) still
B) only
C) just
D) yet
12. A) Either
B) Also
C) Each
D) Both
13. A) employed
B) worked
C) staffed
D) teamed
14. A) lastly
B) at last
C) in the end
D) finally
15. A) missing
B) disappeared C) lost
D) left
