This Cloze Test was given to me by a student! I am grateful and truly obliged to him for his generosity.
My Time: 2 min 43 sec
Almost everything about the shroud of Turin is ___(1)___ by mystery - its age, its authenticity and even the identity of the bearded man with the deep-set eyes whose image is ___(2)___ on the 14-foot length of the yellow linen still believed by many Catholics to be the burial ___(3)___ of Jesus.
Now to add to the ___(4)___, there is also the mystery of the fire that ___(5)___ through the 17th century baroque chapel built to ___(6)___ the shroud and that spread ___(7)___ the upper floors of the neighboring Royal Palace on the night of April 12. The shroud itself was saved but the chapel was ___(8___, just weeks before the scaffolding was to come down after a three year restoration.
Whether it dates back to the middle ages, as carbon dating done on tiny ___(9)___ of the shroud concluded in 1988, or to the time of Jesus, the centuries old ___(10)___ with the shroud has only increased since the fire.
My Time: 2 min 43 sec
Almost everything about the shroud of Turin is ___(1)___ by mystery - its age, its authenticity and even the identity of the bearded man with the deep-set eyes whose image is ___(2)___ on the 14-foot length of the yellow linen still believed by many Catholics to be the burial ___(3)___ of Jesus.
Now to add to the ___(4)___, there is also the mystery of the fire that ___(5)___ through the 17th century baroque chapel built to ___(6)___ the shroud and that spread ___(7)___ the upper floors of the neighboring Royal Palace on the night of April 12. The shroud itself was saved but the chapel was ___(8___, just weeks before the scaffolding was to come down after a three year restoration.
Whether it dates back to the middle ages, as carbon dating done on tiny ___(9)___ of the shroud concluded in 1988, or to the time of Jesus, the centuries old ___(10)___ with the shroud has only increased since the fire.
| 1. a. Covered | b. Expelled | c. Painted | d. Flanked | e. Surrounded |
| 2. a. Soiled | b. Photographed | c. Reflected | d. Imprinted | e. Adhered |
| 3. a. Grave | b. Mound | c. Rite | d. Song | e. Cloth |
| 4. a. Legend | b. Story | c. Fable | d. Fiction | e. Fuel |
| 5. a. Ripped | b. Devastated | c. Annihilated | d. Exasperated | e. Pervaded |
| 6. a. Shelter | b. Reside | c. Refuge | d. Relish | e. House |
| 7. a. Over | b. About | c. Aside | d. Into | e. Out |
| 8. a. Gutted | b. Inflamed | c. Drowned | d. Attacked | e. Invaded |
| 9. a. Pieces | b. Rags | c. Swatches | d. Samples | e. Models |
| 10 a Fascination | b. Attachment | c. Affection | d. Affectation | e. Expectation |
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