I’LL HAVE TOWHISPERTO YOU, OTHERWISE HE WILL HEAR WHAT WE ARE SAYI...
22. I’ll have to
whisper
to you, otherwise he will hear what we are saying.
A. shout
B. whistle
C. talk
D. say
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
In the Middle Ages the vast majority of European cities had walls around them. They (23)
__________to defend the city, but they also kept out undesirable people, like those with
contagious diseases.
Most of London's gates had been (24) __________by the end of the eighteenth century.
However, by a stroke of luck, the last of them was preserved. This gate is, in actual fact,
not called a gate at all; its name is Temple Bar, and it marked the (25)
_________between the old City of London and Westminster. However, as the (26)
_________of traffic through London increased, Temple Bar became an obstacle to its
free flow. In 1878 it was decided to take it down, so its stone were numbered, dismantled
and put in storage. A couple of years later a wealthy businessman bought the stones and
re-erected them at his house in Hertfordshire.
In the 1970s the Temple Bar Trust was (27) _________with the intention of
returning thegate to the City of London. Much of the money for this project was
donations from the Temple Bar Trust. The stonework needed a lot of restoration, which
was carried out by the Cathedral Works Organization. Today, Temple Bar stands next to
St Paul's Cathedral.