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For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
 

Dutch Painting
 

Dutch painting may properly (1) … described as an outcome of the independence of Holland as a state. So long (2) ... the Netherlands formed a whole, the predominant art was that of Flanders, and there was (3) ... Dutch art to speak of, as distinct (4) ... the Flemish.
But the long and bloody war (5) ... the Spanish rule led for the northern and the southern provinces respectively to very different results, and (6) ... of these results was a decided divergence in the development of art in the two regions. Still this community of origin was never entirely ignored, and Flemish and Dutch painting were (7) ... agreement with the one essential characteristic, that they sought and found the means of poetical expression in colour rather (8) ... in form. The year 1609, in which the conclusion of a truce for twelve years carried with it virtually the recognition of the seven United Provinces as an independent state, may be said to have witnessed the birth of Dutch painting.

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answer keys

 

1)    BE
AUXILIARY VERB BE
Used with a past participle to form the passive:
You will be told what to do.
 
2)    AS
PHRASE AS/SO LONG AS
Used to say that one thing will continue to happen or be true if another thing happens or is true at the same time:
As long as we keep playing well, we'll keep winning games.
 
3)    NO
DETERMINER NO
Not one; not any:
There were no letters this morning.
 
4)    FROM
PHRASE AS DISTINCT FROM
Used to make it clear that you are not referring to a particular kind of thing, but to something else: 
Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object, does not convey any rights in the copyrighted work embodied in the object. 
 
5)    AGAINST/WITH
NOUN + PREPOSITION WAR AGAINST/WITH
A situation in which two or more countries or groups of people fight against each other over a period of time:
Did England win the war against Germany? 
 
6)    ONE
PRONOUN ONE OF
Used to mean someone or something from a group that has been mentioned or is about to be mentioned: 
This is one of my favourite books.
 
7)    IN
PREPOSITION + NOUN IN AGREEMENT
When people have the same opinion as each other: 
Are we in agreement about the price?
 
8)    THAN
PHRASE RATHER THAN
Instead of somebody/something:
I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.