QUEEN VICTORIA
The long reign of Queen Victoria was a time of almost uninterrupted peace and
great progress. The rapid growth of industry made Britain the world's leading
industrial nation - "the workshop of the world", as it was called - and the British
Empire reached the height of its power when Queen Victoria was proclaimed
Empress of India in 1876. During her long life, which lasted 82 years, the Queen
herself became a symbol of Britain's greatness. In 1840, Victoria married Prince
Albert and lived happily with him until he died in 1861. After his death she led a
lonely life, withdrew from public affairs, and could only rarely be persuaded to visit
London. When she died in 1901 after a reign of 63 years, the world stood on the
threshold of the 20th century, and many British people felt that a great age had gone
for ever.
EXERCISE 1: Find words or phrases In the passage which mean the same as:
COLUMN A COLUMN B
a) period of rule
b) without breaks; continuous
c) very fast
d) place where things are made or repaired
e) declare; announce publicly or officially
f) move back from; decide to take no
further part in
g) service of, or matters concerning, the people;
task of government
(phrase)
h) entrance; beginning
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