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B.
«It might even be that ‘devolution’ has become a catalyst for people
in England feeling more English» (line 11-12)
C.
«Perhaps people still feel British, but are they using the term to mean
different things in different contexts?» (lines 17-19)
D.
«Many more people these days are on the move, crossing borders
and boundaries, settling in places other than where they were born»
(lines 24-26)
9)
The tone of the article is:
A.
serious
B.
sarcastic
C.
humorous
D.
extremely formal
10) In the sentence «It is certainly on a par with» (line 35) refers to:
A.
the research
B.
change
C.
national identity
D.
Scotland
Read the following passage and mark the letter of the sentence which
you consider most appropriate:
Of all the accessories and adornments to garments one perhaps pays least of all
attention to buttons. Functional and often unexciting, replaced by zip fasteners
or hooks and eyes there is, one would think, nothing much to be said about
the humble button.
Yet it is very probable that buttons started life as ornaments; certainly it is not
known that they had any practical function until the 13th century. By the 14th
century buttons were once again ornamental, often lavishly so, to such an extent
that it was by no means uncommon for a person of wealth and consequence
to have as many as 300 buttons on a single article of dress. Unimaginable as
it seems today, sewing superfluous buttons on clothes became a craze – not
one that seems harmful to us though some Italians took a different view and
a law against buttons was enforced in Florence. No buttons were to be worn
on the upper arms; penalty for disobedience – a sound whipping. (How often
this had to be carried out, history does not relate!)
Most of the buttons on modern clothes which could be called decorative once
did in fact serve a useful purpose. Buttons on boots are one good example.
Sleeve buttons on men’s coats are a reminder of the days when the fashion
was for wearing shirts with frilly lace cuffs.