Get guaranteed intensive CEFR courses from Mr Aslanov!!! Call and join our team now: + 998 94 633 32 30 CEFR READING PART PRACTICE – COMPLETE THE TEXT Read the text and complete it with suitable answers from A-G. Use one letter once only, you have one extra answer which is not used. TASK 6 A) which was ordered by the pope B) as are books and pamphlets in numerous languages C) and designed by several artists D) who has absolute executive, legislative, and judicial powers E) and more than one million bound volumes F) just west of the Tiber River G) that contains more than 1,000 rooms The smallest independent country in the world, with an area of 44 hectares, Vatican City was established in
1929 under terms of the Lateran Treaty, concluded by the Italian government and the papacy after many
years of controversy. Vatican City is situated on Vatican Hill in northwestern Rome, 1
____________. It is
surrounded by medieval and Renaissance walls and has six gates. Many of the most renowned artists and
architects of the Italian Renaissance were authorized by popes to work on the Vatican's buildings. The
most imposing and important among them is Saint Peter’s Basilica. Built for the most part between the
15th and 17th centuries,
2 ____________, including Michelangelo, it is the world center of Roman
Catholic worship. In front of the basilica is the great Piazza San Pietro (Saint Peter’s Square).
The other major building is the Palace of the Vatican, also known as the Papal Palace. It is a complex of
buildings
3 ____________. and houses the papal apartments, the government offices of the Roman
Catholic church, several chapels and museums, and a library. The most famous portions of the palace are
the Sistine Chapel, with its great ceiling frescoes painted by Michelangelo; and papal apartments with
frescoes painted by the Italian artist Raphael.
The Vatican's museums are outstanding and include the Gregorian Museum of Egyptian Art; the Gregorian
Museum of Etruscan Art; the Pio Clementino Museum, with a superlative collection of antiquities; and the
Vatican Pinacoteca, with representative works by Italian masters. The Vatican Library has a priceless
collection of ancient manuscripts
4 ____________. Also within the Vatican's walls are the Government
Palace and the Vatican Gardens.
Vatican City is governed by the pope.
5 ____________. Swiss Guards maintain internal security and
protection of the pope. Vatican City has its own currency and postal system. It also has a railroad station
and radio station, and manages its own telephone and telegraph services. Government expenditures in 2004
were $175 million. A daily newspaper and an official monthly journal are published, 6
