• Exam: KET-O
  • Course:
    READING AND WRITING
  • Part 5, Exam 5

Instructions

For questions 1 - 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, or C) best fits each gap.
Choose the correct answer, drag it and drop it, or type the corresponding letter into the corresponding box.

The pass mark for this exam is 70% or over.

The recommended time for this exam is 6 minutes or under.

Example:

  • (1) :
  • A) AFTER
  • B) AGO
  • C) SINCE

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The Theatre 1

The English theatre as we know it today, which is mainly centred around London, came into existance about 400 years (1) , but the experience of going to the theatre then was very different from what it is now. The show was performed in a round building, which had no roof, so the people (2) would get wet (3) it rained. One of the most enthusiastic followers of the theatre at that time was the queen, who loved (4) to the Globe Theatre, near the river, to see the plays of William Shakespeare. Nowadays women are an integral part of the acting talent, but at that time all the actors (5) men. During the show, the audience talked to (6) friends, milled around, and (7) people even threw things at the actors if they felt like it. The Globe Theatre can still be visited today, because a new theatre, which is fully functional, was built on the same location, (8) the river.

(1) A) after B) ago C) since
(2) A) there B) here C) it
(3) A) that B) if C) so
(4) A) go B) going C) went
(5) A) were B) was C) are
(6) A) those B) his C) their
(7) A) any B) every C) some
(8) A) near B) next C) at

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