You are going to read a text on the life of a famous person. For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, or С) best fits each gap.
Thomas More was born on 7 February 1478 in London, the son of a successful lawyer. (1) a boy, More spent some time in the household of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury. He later studied at Oxford, and qualified (2) a lawyer, although he did contemplate (3) a monk. From 1510 to 1518 he was one of the two under-sheriffs of London and in 1517 entered the king’s service, becoming one of Henry VIII’s most effective and (4) civil servants and acting as his secretary, interpreter, speech-writer, chief diplomat, advisor and (5) . In 1521 he (6) in 1523, he became the speaker of the House of Commons and in 1525 chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
At the same time More was (7) a reputation as a scholar. Around 1515, he wrote ‘The History of Richard III’ which established that king’s reputation as a tyrant and has been described as the first masterpiece of English historiography. In 1516, he published his most important work ‘Utopia’ – a description of an imaginary republic ruled by reason and intended to (8) with the strife-ridden reality of contemporary European politics. More was a passionate defender of Catholic orthodoxy - banning unorthodox books and even taking responsibility (9) chancellor for the interrogation of heretics.
More took the post of Lord Chancellor in 1529, just as Henry (10) to obtain a divorce (11) Catherine of Aragon. The previous chancellor, Lord Wolsey, had failed to achieve this objective. Henry was close (12) with the Church of Rome, and the so-called ‘Reformation parliament’ was about to convene.
When Henry declared himself ‘supreme head of the Church in England’, More resigned (13) the chancellorship. He continued to argue against the king’s divorce and the split with Rome, and in 1534 was arrested after refusing to (14) an oath of succession repudiating the pope and accepting the annulment of Henry’s marriage. He (15) for treason at Westminster and on 6 July 1535 was executed on Tower Hill.
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1
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A. Since
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B. As
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C. Like
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2
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A. to
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B. as
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C. himself
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3
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A. became
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B. becoming
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C. to become
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4
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A. trusted
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B. trustful
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C. trusting
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5
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A. confident
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B. confidant
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C. confidence
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6
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A. knit
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B. had knighted
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C. was knighted
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7
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A. building
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B. designing
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C. living to
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8
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A. oppose
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B. contrast
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C. contradict
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9
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A. when
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B. if
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C. by
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10
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A. being determined
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B. had determined
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C. had become determined
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11
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A. from
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B. by
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C. of
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12
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A. to break
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B. to breaking
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C. breaking
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13
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A. –
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B. with
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C. out of
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14
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A. plead
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B. swear
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C. bet
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15
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A. tried
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B. was trying
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C. was tried
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