Fill in each blank in the following text with oone of the words below.

0 The oldest poem in the English language is "Beowulf". It was not 1............. in England, but on the continent of Europe: the new settlers brought it over 2............ with their wives,goods,chattels.It is a 3 ............ warlike,violent poem of over three 4.............. lines, and it is perhaps difficult to think of it as being set 5 .......... by monk, a man of peace, in the 6 .......... of a monastery. Beowulf, 7 .............. tells of the hero who gives his name to the poem and of his 8 ............. with a foul monster - half devil,half-man - called Grendel,who has for a long time been raiding the banqueting hall of King Hrohgear of Jutland and 9 .............. off and devouring Hrothgar's warriors.Beowulf's fights with Grendel are the 10 ............ of the poem. It is strong meat, no work for the squeamish,but it is 11 ............ a crude and primitive composition. It 12.......... great skill in its construction. It is not a christian poem - 13 ............ the Christian favour given to it by the monastery 14 ................,but the product of an advanced pagan civilisation. 15 ............ of the strength,as well as violence, of Beowulf 16 ........... from the natrue of Old English itself. Perhaps this is a reflection of the English climate or perhaps it 17 ............... something to do with the mere sound of English in its first phase - heavy-footed,harsh,18........... in the gay quality of languages like French and Italian. Or perhaps it is a quality added, in 19 ........... lines or even words,by the monks in their monasteries, aware that this world is vanity, that life is short, that things pass 20 ............. and god is real. 02br
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001 - a)constructed b)comprised c)constituted d)composed 02br
002 - a)along b)among c)amids d)afore 02br
003 - a)stringing b) stirring c )stifing D) stiffening 02br
004 - a)thousand b) thousands c) of thousands of d)of the thousand 02br
005 - a)on b)up c) down d) out 02br
006 - a) remote b) hermit c)mute d)quiet 02br
007 - a)importantly b)significantly c) essentially d)bulkily 02br
008 - a)struggling b) fighting c) competing d)battering 02br
009 - a)wearing b) carrying c) bearing d)standing 02br
0010 - a)subject b) objective c) object d)subjective 02br
0011 - a)in no way b)any way c)on the way d)along the way 02br
0012 - a)avows b)points c) exhibits d)shows 02br
0013 - a)though b)despite c) but for d)expect 02br
0014 - a)scribe b) scribble c)scrawl d)scroll 02br
0015 - a)The most b)More c)The many d)Much 02br
0016 - a)gets b)derive c)drives d)deride 02br
0017 - a)is b)has c)does d)makes 02br
0018 - a) lacking b)needing c)missing d)shortening 02br
0019 - a)*** b) strange c) odd d)weird 02br
0020 - a)off b)away c)on d)beyond 0-