Grammar, Vocabulary and All That. Плужникова Ю.А. - 17 стр.

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2. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that

fits in the space in the same line.

AN IMPORTAINT ENGLISH TOWN

The site of the town of Winchester was a (1) ………..

place for a (2) …..….. , at the point where a river cut

through the chalk of the (3) …..….. hillsides. A simple

camp at St Catherine`s Hill was the (4) ……… known

use of the site. This was followed by an Iron Age hill-fort,

but this was left (5) ……… by 100 BC. It was the

Romans who finally established the town and (6) …..…..

it with a defensive wall for the protection of their people

and trade.

With the (7) ……… of its first cathedral in the

seventh century, the town became an important (8) ……

center. Later, King Alfred, who had (9) ……… pushed

back the invading Danes, moved his palace to

Winchester. The town then experienced rapid (10) …. ,

and its (11) ……… role in English history was underlined

in 1066 when the conquering Normans, like Alfred,

made Winchester their capital.

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