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Multiple Choice Cloze 10.00 AM UK TIME TUESDAY 11th AUGUST - Livestream - C1 and C2
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NEXT STREAMS WILL BE ON
THURSDAY 13th AUGUST AT 3.30 PM UK TIME
FRIDAY 14th AUGUST AT 1 PM UK TIME
SATURDAY 15th AUGUST
Mauritania: A rare glimpse at one of the world's least-visited nations
bbc.com/travel/article/20260710-mauritania-a-rare-glimpse-at-one-of-the-worlds-least-visited-nations
…….. in the 8th Century, Chinguetti (went, rose, lifted, got) to prominence during the 13th Century as a fortified trading centre for Saharan caravans transporting salt, gold and manuscripts.
FOUNDED ROSE
But after more than a millennium, Chinguetti is now …… by the Sahara's advancing sea of dunes that are (sinking, engulfing, plunging, soaking) it.
THREATENED ENGULFING
Houses are built from local stone and mud, causing the town to blend ………… into the desert landscape. Some abandoned houses are already half-(planted, buried, veiled, penned in) by dunes.
SEAMLESSLY BURIED
The ………. of the ancient mosque of Chinguetti is said to be the second oldest in (continuous, persistent, endless, incessant, unrelenting) use in the Muslim world, and the town is often called the "seventh holiest city of Islam".
MINARET CONTINUOUS
Starting in the 13th Century, it became a major (core, heart, kernel, centre) of Islamic learning, with pilgrims and …… coming here to study.
CENTRE SCHOLARS
Today, …..-Muslim visitors can only see the mosque from outside a walled (corral, coop, paddock, enclosure).
NON ENCLOSURE
Chinguetti is …… to several libraries that preserve ancient (copies, palimpsests, transcripts, manuscripts) and books on astronomy, geometry, medicine, poetry and Islamic law.
HOME MANUSCRIPTS
Many of these centuries-old texts arrived via ……-Saharan caravans from North Africa, while others were (authored, fathered, scripted, scribbled) by local scholars.
TRANS AUTHORED
…….. to local (guardian, bookbinder, bookkeeper, librarian) Saif al-Islam, Chinguetti used to have many more libraries, but over the years, many families have left the city and taken their books with them.
ACCORDING LIBRARIAN
In 2000, after a failed ……. to build a museum to (guard, pickle, enshrine, preserve, prolong) the most important documents,
ATTEMPT PRESERVE
a Spanish International Agency decided to ……. the traditional libraries within Chinguetti's medieval ksar (fortified village), preserving the fragile texts (verily, right, really, quite) where they have been protected for centuries.
RESTORE RIGHT
(Contrary, Distinct, Otherwise, Unlike) Chinguetti's ancient mosque, these libraries are ……. to everyone.
UNLIKE OPEN
With so few international visitors, owners are often happy to open their ……. to visitors for a small tip, and explain local history while showing you ancient (scripts, calligraphy, booklets, scrawls) .
DOORS SCRIPTS
After so much driving, I decided to (rest, restore, recover, retrieve, reclaim) and eat dates in a desert …….. before leaving Mauritania.
RECOVER OASIS
Within the nation's vast interior, oases offer a rare stroke of green ……… the nation's monotonous (clay, earthly, ground, earthen) colours.
AMIDST EARTHEN
Multiple Choice Cloze 10.00 AM UK TIME TUESDAY 11th AUGUST - Livestream - C1 and C2
#iswearenglish #multiplechoicecloze #cloze #cpe
NEXT STREAMS WILL BE ON
THURSDAY 13th AUGUST AT 3.30 PM UK TIME
FRIDAY 14th AUGUST AT 1 PM UK TIME
SATURDAY 15th AUGUST
Mauritania: A rare glimpse at one of the world's least-visited nations
bbc.com/travel/article/20260710-mauritania-a-rare-glimpse-at-one-of-the-worlds-least-visited-nations
…….. in the 8th Century, Chinguetti (went, rose, lifted, got) to prominence during the 13th Century as a fortified trading centre for Saharan caravans transporting salt, gold and manuscripts.
FOUNDED ROSE
But after more than a millennium, Chinguetti is now …… by the Sahara's advancing sea of dunes that are (sinking, engulfing, plunging, soaking) it.
THREATENED ENGULFING
Houses are built from local stone and mud, causing the town to blend ………… into the desert landscape. Some abandoned houses are already half-(planted, buried, veiled, penned in) by dunes.
SEAMLESSLY BURIED
The ………. of the ancient mosque of Chinguetti is said to be the second oldest in (continuous, persistent, endless, incessant, unrelenting) use in the Muslim world, and the town is often called the "seventh holiest city of Islam".
MINARET CONTINUOUS
Starting in the 13th Century, it became a major (core, heart, kernel, centre) of Islamic learning, with pilgrims and …… coming here to study.
CENTRE SCHOLARS
Today, …..-Muslim visitors can only see the mosque from outside a walled (corral, coop, paddock, enclosure).
NON ENCLOSURE
Chinguetti is …… to several libraries that preserve ancient (copies, palimpsests, transcripts, manuscripts) and books on astronomy, geometry, medicine, poetry and Islamic law.
HOME MANUSCRIPTS
Many of these centuries-old texts arrived via ……-Saharan caravans from North Africa, while others were (authored, fathered, scripted, scribbled) by local scholars.
TRANS AUTHORED
…….. to local (guardian, bookbinder, bookkeeper, librarian) Saif al-Islam, Chinguetti used to have many more libraries, but over the years, many families have left the city and taken their books with them.
ACCORDING LIBRARIAN
In 2000, after a failed ……. to build a museum to (guard, pickle, enshrine, preserve, prolong) the most important documents,
ATTEMPT PRESERVE
a Spanish International Agency decided to ……. the traditional libraries within Chinguetti's medieval ksar (fortified village), preserving the fragile texts (verily, right, really, quite) where they have been protected for centuries.
RESTORE RIGHT
(Contrary, Distinct, Otherwise, Unlike) Chinguetti's ancient mosque, these libraries are ……. to everyone.
UNLIKE OPEN
With so few international visitors, owners are often happy to open their ……. to visitors for a small tip, and explain local history while showing you ancient (scripts, calligraphy, booklets, scrawls) .
DOORS SCRIPTS
After so much driving, I decided to (rest, restore, recover, retrieve, reclaim) and eat dates in a desert …….. before leaving Mauritania.
RECOVER OASIS
Within the nation's vast interior, oases offer a rare stroke of green ……… the nation's monotonous (clay, earthly, ground, earthen) colours.
AMIDST EARTHEN
