Use Of English: Test E

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Use Of English: Test E

The best stone in the world

In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing artificial stone in southeast London on a __(1)__ at Pedlar’s Acre, south __(2)__ the river. The family were __(3)__ running a successful factory in the south-west of England. Within a year of moving __(4)__ the capital, George Coade died, leaving his wife and daughter to __(5)__ on the business. The Coade Stone they perfected __(6)__ to become the most permanent stone ever made. The product developed by the factory’s former __(7)__, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked clay. The two women __(8)__ with his recipe, and __(9)__ in creating a new kind of stone which was almost a hundred percent weather-proof.

The advantage of Coade Stone is that while natural stone slowly breaks down and erodes away, Coade Stone seems to be __(10)__ to survive in all weather conditions for many years. The National Gallery, the Royal Opera House and Buckingham Palace __(11)__ display their original ornaments made of Coade Stone. __(12)__ mother and daughter were clever businesswomen. They __(13)__ only the top artists of the day to model their stone into statues and other ornaments.

After the deaths of Eleanor Coade and her daughter the factory survived for twenty years, but in 1840 it __(14)__ closed. With it went the Coade Stone recipe which was __(15)__, and has never been rediscovered.

- A) territory
- B) place
- C) ground
- D) plot
- A) to
- B) of
- C) from
- D) than
- A) already
- B) just
- C) yet
- D) however
- A) at
- B) in
- C) to
- D) on
- A) go
- B) carry
- C) get
- D) run
- A) claimed
- B) had
- C) was
- D) would
- A) landlord
- B) possessor
- C) owner
- D) tenant
- A) experimented
- B) tried
- C) experienced
- D) tested
- A) managed
- B) succeeded
- C) achieved
- D) completed
- A) capable
- B) possible
- C) able
- D) good
- A) still
- B) only
- C) just
- D) yet
- A) Either
- B) Also
- C) Each
- D) Both
- A) employed
- B) worked
- C) staffed
- D) teamed
- A) lastly
- B) at last
- C) in the end
- D) finally
- A) missing
- B) disappeared
- C) lost
- D) left

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