A. FUEL B. SUPPER C. REFUSE D. DUTYQUESTION II

9. A. fuel B. supper C. refuse d. dutyQuestion II: Choose the best word to complete this passage: Michelangelo, one of the (1)…………. artists of all time, was born on 16

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March 1475 in Carprese, where his father, Lodovico Buonarroti, served as a magistrate for six months. Ludovico was not a wealthy man but he claimed he was descended from aristocratic family and he was very (2)…………of this connection. Michelangelo (3)………up in Settignano, a little mountain town just outside Florence. One of the first sights Michelangelo must have become familiar with was the dome of the beautiful Cathedral in Florence, which dominated the city then as it (4)……….does today. At school, Michelangelo was by no means an outstanding pupil; lessons did not (5)………to him at all. The only thing he wanted to do was to draw and “(6)……….his time” as his elders probably called it, in the workshops of the (7)……painters and sculptors in the city. One can (8)………the eager boy, for whom art was the most important thing in his old life, gazing at the wonderful pictures and statues which filled the beautiful churches of Florence. His best friend while he was still a schoolboy was Francesco Granacci, who, (9)……..six years older than Michelangelo, seems to have (10)………..an interest in the boy and helped him with his attempts to draw and paint. Michelangelo’s choice of profession did not please his father at all. Only the most successful of artists in Florence stood any chance of making any money.