Вариант 1

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.

Edward is remembered as a great medieval military hero, with notable victories against the French in the Hundred Years War, (1)  he never became king – he died before his father, Edward III.

Edward was born on 15 June 1330 at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the (2)  son of Edward III. He was created prince of Wales in 1343. He showed military brilliance at an early age, playing a key (3)  in the defeat of the French army at the Battle of Crecy when he was only 16. In 1355, he was appointed his father’s lieutenant in Gascony and the following year won (4)  significant victory against the French at Poitiers, taking the French king prisoner.

In 1362, Edward married Joan of Kent and was created prince of Aquitaine and Gascony by his father. Edward and his wife went (5)  in his new French domains. In 1367, Edward (6)  an expedition to Spain, to restore the deposed King Pedro of Castile, and (7)  again with victory at the Battle of Najera in northern Castile. Edward returned to Aquitaine, where he made himself unpopular with the nobility (8)  taxes to pay for his Spanish expedition. They (9)  in revolt against him and in 1370 Edward besieged the city of Limoges. When it fell, 3,000 of its inhabitants (10)  . A year later, Edward returned to England.

Edward died aged 45 on 8 June 1376, probably from an illness (11)  in Spain, and was buried in great splendour in Canterbury Cathedral. His young son, Richard, (12)  to the throne a year later after Edward III’s death.

During his (13)  he was known as Edward of Woodstock. The title of Black Prince developed after his death and may refer (14)  black armour that he wore. Although some believe that his title’s origin (15)  in the brutality he showed in France.