Kedvenc Érettségi Feladataim – Nonsuch Palace
Az érettségi feladatsorokban rendszeresen jelennek meg érdekes feladatok, cikkek, amelyekről szívesen olvasok, vagy érdekel a témája. Ezekből szemezgettem néhányat.
A következő VIII. Henrik eltűnt palotájáról szól. 2012 okóberben volt feladat a Nyelvhelyesség részben.
Ez egy olyan feladat, ahol meg vannak adva a beillesztendő szavak, de ezeket – az esetek TÖBBSÉGÉBEN – át kell alakítani.
De Figyelem! Elképzelhető, hogy egy két szó alakja nem változik meg!
• You are going to read an article about Nonsuch Palace. Some words are missing from the text.
• Use the words in brackets to form the words that fit in the gaps (21-30).
• Then write the appropriate form of these words on the lines after the text.
• There might be cases when you do not have to change the word in brackets.
• Use only one word for each gap.
• There is an example (0) at the beginning.
HENRY VIII’S LOST PALACE
It only stood for 150 years, but even in that (0) __relatively______ (relative) short period of time Nonsuch Palace was considered to be one of the finest (21) ________ (architecture) wonders of the world. It got the name because there was no other palace (22) ________ (like) it; Nonsuch was the spectacular ‘lost’ palace built by King Henry VIII.
Just four pictures were ever painted of the site, but now the (23) ________ (magnificent) of Nonsuch Palace – between Ewell and Cheam in Surrey – has been brought to life in a(n) (24) ________ (credible) scale model.
Work started on Nonsuch Palace in 1538, six months after Jane Seymour gave (25) ________ (born) to Henry VIII’s son, later to be Edward VI.
From the start it was Henry’s evident (26) ________ (intend) to celebrate his long awaited male heir by building a house without equal. The palace had cost over £24,000 by the time Henry died in 1547 – and was still (27) ________ (complete).
In 1670, Charles II gave it to his mistress the Duchess Of Cleveland, then allowed her to demolish it and sell off the parts to pay her (28) ________ (gamble) debts in 1682. A model (29) ________ (make) has recreated the majesty of the mansion thanks to an Oxford University professor’s (30) ________ (ordinary) 50 years of research. Ben Taggart spent 1,250 hours building the exact 3D replica and worked from Professor Martin Biddle’s extensive research and plans.
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És természetesen vannak megoldások is:
21. architectural
22. like
23. magnificence
24. incredible
25. birth
26. intention
27. incomplete/uncompleted
28. gambling
29. maker
30. extraordinary
