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c. colleague
d. mate
8. After everyone had eaten, the fairies went up, one by one, to the Princess’s cradle to give their
presents. Eleven fairies ……. their presents, when suddenly the doors of the banquet hall flew open
and everyone gasped
a. had given
b. have given
c. had give
d. had giving
9. Into the room hobbled the fairy who had not been invited.
“So you didn’t bother to ask me?” she cackled bitterly. “Well I came anyway. And I, too, …….. the
Princess a magical gift”.
a. have brought
b. had brought
c. had bring
d. have bringing
10. Into the room hobbled the old fairy. The underlined word has a similar meaning with …
a. He noticed that every few minutes, the man shuffled his feet and moved ever so slightly to one
side.
b. He seemed to drag his feet, and for that reason he was treated with the new invention of electricity
c. In the end, Bernie had to slink back, diminished to his room.
d. The result was that Jacob walked with a limp
12. Suzan : Well, I guess everyone was affected by this Corona pandemic.
Brody : Geez… Suzan, your Dad lost his job too, …..?
a. Did he?
b. Didn’t he?
c. Doesn’t he?
d. Does he?
By the time the morning sun had crept above the city’s Soviet-era apartment blocks, the
crowd-control barriers lining Suvorov Square in downtown Tiraspol were already three-deep with
families dressed in their Sunday (in this case, Monday) best. Their collective excitement was
almost palpable on this surprisingly warm September day; anyone would have thought a royal
wedding was on the cards.
But in Transnistria (also spelled Trans-Dniester), a silver of land tracing Moldova’s border
with Ukraine for 400km, the capital’s Independence Day celebrations are the highlight of the
year. Never mind that the tiny Eastern European nation, formally called the Pridnestrovian
Moldavian Republic (PMR), doesn’t officially exist.
Unrecognised as a nation by any member of the United Nations despite declaring its
independence in 1990, a year before the Soviet Union crumbled, Transnistria is a wonderfully
peculiar place. Less than 70km south-east of the Moldovan capital of Chisinau, Tiraspol
(population: 130,000) is often described as being stuck in the USSR. Indeed, from the imperious
statue of Lenin guarding Transnistria’s Brutalist parliament building to its streets named after
Communist luminaries and significant dates, it’s certainly not short on Soviet-era relics.
But with no direct access to the only three states that recognise Transnistria
(Abkhazia; Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as the Republic of Artsakh; and South Ossetia – all
also disputed territories), the passport is essentially useless to its 500,000-odd residents. However,
most hold dual or triple nationality with Russia, Moldova or Ukraine, so they’re not exactly
trapped in this landlocked enclave characterised by sleepy villages, abandoned Soviet factories,
and vineyards that supply Tiraspol’s enormous Kvint brandy distillery.
Since Transnistria declared independence 30 years ago, Tiraspol’s population has actually
decreased by at least a third, with most residents having left to seek work in Russia due to
declining economic prospects following the fall of the USSR. But while life is not easy in this
presidential democracy, where wages are even lower than in Moldova (one of Europe’s poorest
countries), while exploring the region I learned that many are content with the life here.
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200205-celebrating-a-nation-that-doesnt-exist