Virginia Woolf Cloze Test
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SECTION 2 - USE OF ENGLISH
Questions 11 - 15: Read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.
Virginia Woolf, who was an English author, publisher, critic and feminist, is considered one of the most prominent figures in the 20th century English literature. She was born into an intellectual and wealthy family in London in 1882. ____(11)____ her family wealth, she did not receive a university education like her brothers. Virginia and her sister were home-schooled. Starting from early ages, her life was ruined by several traumatic events ____(12)____ resulted in mental breakdowns. Fortunately, the successful marriage she had with Leonard Woolf helped her, to some extent, deal with her neurological and emotional problems. Leonard Woolf was a writer, journalist and political thinker. He was widely aware of his wife's talent and supported her career ____(13)____ a writer. Today, her well-known book, A Room of One's Own with Woolf's famous quote "a woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write fiction" ____(14)____ as one of the strongest key works of the 20th century feminist literature. Through this lengthy essay, Woolf guided women on ____(15)____ to exist in a male-dominated literary world.
11) a) Even though b) Whereas c) Unlike d) Despite
12) a) who b) which c) when d) what
13) a) like b) as c) such d) so
14) a) regarded b) has regarded c) is regarded d) was regarded
15) a) how b) where c) what d) whether
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In this Use of English section, we need to find the best words to fill the five gaps in a short biography of the author Virginia Woolf. Let's analyze each gap based on context and grammar.
Section 2: Use of English
Virginia Woolf Biography
Let's look at gap eleven. The sentence says, blank, her family wealth, she did not receive a university education. There is a contrast between having wealth and not receiving formal education.
Gap 11
... (11) her family wealth, she did not receive a university education...
Even though and Whereas are followed by a full clause with a subject and verb. Reversely, Unlike and Despite are followed by a noun phrase. 'Her family wealth' is a noun phrase, so we look at the meaning. Despite is the best fit as it means regardless of.
Now for gap twelve. The sentence mentions 'several traumatic events' followed by a blank and then 'resulted in mental breakdowns'.
Gap 12
...traumatic events (12) resulted in mental breakdowns...
We need a relative pronoun to refer to 'events'. 'Who' is for people, 'when' for time, and 'what' cannot function as a relative pronoun here. 'Which' is the correct relative pronoun for things or events.
Moving to gap thirteen. The sentence says Leonard Woolf supported her career blank a writer.
Gap 13
...supported her career (13) a writer.
In English, we use 'as' to describe a person's role or profession. 'Like' is for similarity. Here, she actually was a writer, so we use 'as'.
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