BOOKS CHOOSE THE WORD WHOSE UNDERLINED PART IS PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY...
35. My mother gave a watch to me.
A. My mother was given a watch by me.
B. A watch was given to me by my mother.
C. A watch was given my mother by me.
D. A watch was given to my mother by me.
Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (36)______ there are
no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take boos from one village to (37)______. But
in the days when books were copied by hand (38)______ than printed, libraries were very rare.
The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer coppies
of any given work around. The greatest library (39)______ all, that in Alexandia, had 54,000
books.
In the ancient world, this number (40)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone
had collected so many books from all around the world (41)______ one roof. There are many
theories about why these books were lost. (42)______is that the library accidentally burned
down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were
taken to various places and it took six monthsto burn them. (43)______ happened, the collection
there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever-sone books were
(44)______ recovered. We cannot even know (45)______ what the library containd.
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