Part 2

For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on tho separate answer sheet.

Example: THE

A sculptor’s home

I’m currently sitting outside La Villa des Brilliants, once 0 _____ home of well-known sculptor Auguste Rodin. Rodin purchased this property on the outskirts of Paris in 1895. By 1900, he 9 turned it into a home and a studio where he worked until his death in 1917. As well as having around 50 assistants, Rodin 10 regularly invite friends, family and art lovers to visit his studio.

The house has been a museum 11 Rodin’s death. Photographs were used to renovate the house in the latter part of the last century, so now we can see exactly what it was 12 when Rodin lived there. What’s special about coming here 13 that we can see his most famous works of art, as well as 14 a sense of his daily life. Rodin is buried in the grounds of the house, under a statue of The Thinker, one of his most well-loved pieces. Needless to 15 , this is a place where artists such as myself can pay respects to the man we look 16 to.

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