Welcome to your Eiken Pre 1 style test.

The minister had been very popular, so his funeral ___________ stretched over several city blocks. Supporters followed the car carrying his body all the way to the church.

Striking Schoolchildren

In 1911, a group of schoolchildren in Wales walked out of their school in protest. They then proceeded to march through the streets of their town, encouraging students from other schools to join them along the way. The strike ended peacefully on the same day, but news of the incident spread to other towns and cities across the country. ___________, a series of school strikes occurred across the United Kingdom. In the end, schoolchildren from around sixty schools are thought to have participated in similar protests.

The musician started his career as a traditional bass guitarist, but his music later ___________ and developed into a unique style of blues.

When Paul dropped his plate on the floor, it broke into many small ___________. He cleaned them all up carefully so that he would not stepp one and hurt his foot.

Shota's boss, Jenny, was angry with him when the client canceled the contract, but his colleagues ___________ him. They told the boss it was not his fault.

A: I really think the Johnsons ___________ their daughter.
B: Yes, they give her whatever she wants. She never has to work for anything.

Claire's hands began to ___________ with fear moments before she played her sonata. After she played the first notes, however, she felt a lot better.

The couple was awoken in the night by an ___________ who broke a window and entered their home. Whoever it was had left by the time the police arrived.

The flowers had very long ___________, so Glenda had to cut them before putting them in a vase.

Yesterday, many flights to Paris were cancelled because of ___________ weather conditions. Now that the weather has improved, flight schedules have returned to normal.

After his retirement from office, the former mayor started an NPO dedicated to the ___________ of homelessness from his city.

Striking Schoolchildren

Reports of the initial strike state that it began because of the unfair punishment of a student at the school. However, some historians suggest the reason ___________, during which the strike followed many months of public unrest in the United Kingdom, during which workers worked many months of improved public unrest in the United Kingdom and many industrial strikes occurred. The schoolchildren would have seen members of their families participate in these protests, which historians believe inspired them to stand up for their own rights as well.

School authorities attempted to play down the importance of the school strikes by pointing out that only a small percentage of the national school population participated. While this was true, it ___________ did not lessen the significance of the protests. For one thing, they represented one of the first times that schoolchildren in the United Kingdom had felt sufficiently empowered to stand up for their rights. The strikes also provided the stimulus for societal reforms that would end up improving child welfare in the United Kingdom.