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.
Considered insane and largely disregarded by his peers, the visionary poet and engraver William Blake is now recognised among the greatest contributors (1) English literature and art.
He was born in Soho, London, where he lived (2) most of his life, and was son to a hosier and his wife, both Dissenters. Blake’s early ambitions (3) not with poetry but with painting and at the age of 14, after attending drawing school, he (4) to James Basire, engraver. After his seven-year term was complete, Blake studied at the Royal Academy, but he is known (5) the aesthetic doctrines of its president, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and his stay there was brief. It (6) afforded him friendships with John Flaxman and Henry Fuseli, academics whose work may have influenced him.
In 1784, he (7) up a print shop, but within a few years the business floundered and for the rest of his life Blake eked out a living as an engraver and illustrator. His wife, Catharine, (8) he married in 1782, remained faithful and diligent and she helped him to print the illuminated poetry for (9) he is remembered today.
In 1789, he published his Songs of Innocence, the (10) of his lyrics, but the collection was followed by Songs of Experience, containing a profound (11) of adult corruption and repression. His long list of (12) shows relentless energy and drive. As one of the most complex writers (13) , it is impossible to summarise his career – he was a combination of extremes. His vision of civilisation as inevitably chaotic and contradictory (14) the political turmoil of his era. It is only in retrospect (15) we can begin to appreciate his work and unravel its complex and allusive sources.
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1
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A. to
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B. in
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C. on
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2
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A. a
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B. the
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C. –
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3
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A. lied
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B. lay
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C. lain
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4
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A. was apprenticing
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B. was apprenticed
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C. had apprenticed
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5
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A. have questioned
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B. having questioned
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C. to have questioned
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6
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A. although
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B. nonetheless
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C. in spite of
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7
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A. set
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B. established
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C. found
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8
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A. that
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B. whose
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C. whom
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9
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A. which
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B. what
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C. that
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10
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A. gentler
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B. gentlest
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C. by far gentle
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11
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A. expression
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B. insight
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C. focus
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12
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A. work
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B. works
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C. workings
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13
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A. knowing
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B. to be known
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C. known
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14
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A. mirror
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B. mirrors
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C. mirroring
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15
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A. that
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B. where
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C. why
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