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VI. Read the following text. For questions 1-12, decide which answer (А, В, С or B) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). (12 points)

CHANGING COUNTRIES

(0) C a new life and hoping for a significant (1) ________ in their standard of living, foreign workers began flocking into Western Europe during the 1950s. In Britain, some of the first immigrants arriving from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent were welcomed by brass bands, but the dream of a new life soon (2) ________ sour for many.

Attracted by the promise to earn good money and learn new skills, the reality they found was often one of low wages and, in many (3) _____, unemployment. Some did not adapt (4) __________ to life in a country of cold weather, cold welcomes and discrimination. The (5)_____ of West Indian immigrants (6)______ into the inner cities, areas that were already fraught with social tensions caused by poverty and (7)_________ housing. There were cases of open hostility towards the newcomers; in 1958, riots (8) _______ out in Notting Hill, West London, when gangs of white youths began taunting immigrants.

Yet despite the (9) __________ difficulties they encountered, many foreign workers did manage to (10) ________ to their new conditions, settling in their new adopted country and prospering. Their contribution had the effect not only of speeding up the (11) _____________ of economic change in the postwar period, it also (12) ___________ Western Europe into a multiracial society.

0 A Searching В Wishing С Seeking D Leading

1 A switch В change С modification D variation

2 A turned В converted С switched D changed

3 A occasions В examples С ways D cases

4 A closely В greatly С easily D normally

5 A most В percentage С majority D number

6 A changed В lived С arrived D moved

7 A poor В low С few D weak

8 A broke В carried С came D started

9 A several В high С numerous D heavy

10 A amend В adjust С turn D alter

11 A growth В motion С pace D step

12 A

transformed В transferred С modified D shifted