CAE Reading and Use of English Practice Test 19

CAE Reading and Use of English Part 1

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Public art

What is public art? If asked to 0 name a piece, many of us would call to mind a statue of a rather stern-looking military man or a past ruler. But public art in cities shouldn’t just celebrate the past. It should 1 informtellrelatesay something about contemporary society and add 2 meaningimplicationessencefunction to our cityscape.

Contemporary public art can be abstract, realistic or even a performance; there appears to be no 3 boundaryrestrictionconditionregulation on what artists can create, so is it any 4 amazementconcernwondershock then that it can often cause controversy? Some people take 5 overafteragainstto a piece because they don’t understand the artist’s intentions while others enjoy the challenge of interacting with something new.

To a 6 biggreatvastlarge degree, every piece of public art is an interactive 7 methodprocessapproachprocedure involving artist and community. Placed in public sites, it’s there for all to see and to react to. It can transform our environment, heighten our awareness and question our assumptions. What it shouldn’t do is merge into the 8 horizondistanceviewbackground and become something that people can pass by without comment as they go about their daily lives.

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