DISUM FIRST YEAR MAY 2018 EXAM 1 (valid until May 2020)
SURNAME NAME MATRIC. NO.
N MAY 2018 EXAM 1
SECTION TWO CLOZE TEXT QUESTIONS 11-20 (10 points)
Read the passage and choose the correct word(s) to complete the sentence. Rewrite the word(s) in the
space provided.
11. George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin ___________ July 6, 1856.
a) at b) in c) on
12. In 1876, he moved to London ________________________, initially, he found it difficult
a) so b) where c) when
13. to earn a _____________ from writing. After struggling financially for a while he became
a) life b) living c) lifestyle
14. a theatre critic for a magazine, and, soon after, began writing plays of ___________ own.
a) one’s b) their c) his
15. Among ___________ plays was one called ‘Pygmalion’, which remains very popular
a) some b) every c) these
16. with audiences today. It was ___________ into a film twice, and the script,
a) made b) changed c) built
17. which Shaw himself wrote for the first _____________, won an Oscar. Throughout his
a) edition b) chapter c) version
18. long life, Shaw wrote more than 60 plays and received awards, including
a) a number b) few c) several
19. _____________ Nobel Prize for Literature. When old and asked what he had
a) the b) that c) one
20. _________ most in his life, he always answered “Ireland”. “There is magic there,”
a) acquired b) valued c) won
he said.
