For questions 1-15, read this text and decide which answer A, B or C best fits each space. There is an example (0) at the beginning

Write whether the statements are True or False.

1. Lyra Belacqua - a supposedly orphaned, twelve-year-old girl residing at Six-form College, Cambrige.

2. Dæmon - an animal-formed, shape-shifting manifestation of her soul.

3. Lord Asriel shows the resident scholars pictures of the Aurora Borealis and the mysterious elementary particles called Dust.

4. A woman named Mrs. Marisa Coulter offers Lyra to adopt her.

5. A golden, many-haded pocket-watch, can answer any question asked by the user.

6. Iorek is an exiled dæmon prince who is a perfect example of his culture.

7. Lyra leads the other children from the facility and is rescued by Lee Sfcoresby in his hydrogen balloon.

8. Lord Asriel is imprisoned at Svalbard, the armoured bears' fortress, because the church opposes his experiments on Dust.

9. Iofur Raknison makes friends with Iorek Byrnison.

10. Lord Asriel walks through into the new world.

While-stage

Lyra Belacqua— a supposedly (0) orphaned, twelve-year-old girl residing at Jordan College, Oxford—secretly enters and hides in the (1)_____ in the college, despite resistance from her dæmon, Pantalaimon — an animal-formed, shape-shifting manifestation of her (2)_____. Hidden behind an armchair, Lyra and "Pan" see the (3)_____ of the college putting poison into wine intended for the visiting Lord Asriel, Lyra's (4)_____, in an attempt to assassinate him. When the meeting commences, Lord Asriel shows the resident scholars pictures of the Aurora Borealis and the mysterious elementary particles called Dust. Shortly after, Lord Asriel travels to the (5)_____, and Lyra continues her studies at the college.

When “the Gobblers,” who have become a recent urban legend, kidnap her friend Roger, Lyra vows to rescue him. But instead, an important visitor, a woman named Mrs. Marisa Coulter, offers to take Lyra away from Jordan College to become her (6)_____. Lyra assents, but before she leaves, the Master of the college entrusts her with a priceless object (with the condition that she keep it absolutely secret): an alethiometer.

At a cocktail party hosted by Mrs. Coulter, Lyra discovers that Mrs. Coulter (7)_____ an organization known as the "General Oblation Board" and that this board is, in fact, the "Gobblers" who have been kidnapping children. Horrified, Lyra flees Mrs. Coulter's flat during the party.

While being pursued by the (8)_____, Lyra is rescued by the Gyptians, nomadic, canal-boat-dwelling (9)_____, who afterwards reveal that Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter are Lyra's father and mother. During her time with the Gyptians, Lyra intuitively begins to learn how to operate the (10)_____.

Having found Roger, Lyra now determines to (11)_____ the alethiometer to Lord Asriel, believing that he needs it for his purposes. He is (12)_____ at Svalbard, the armoured bears' fortress, because the church opposes his experiments on Dust. As they travel to Svalbard, bat-like cliff-ghasts attack the (13)_____; Lyra is thrown out but lands safely, only to be captured by the armoured (14)_____. She tricks the usurping bear-king, Iofur Raknison, into fighting Iorek Byrnison, who regains his throne. Thereafter, she (15)_____ to Lord Asriel’s cabin, accompanied by Iorek and Roger.

Despite being imprisoned, Lord Asriel has become so influential that he has accumulated the necessary (16)_____ to continue his experiments on (17)_____. Roger dies when Lord Asriel (18)_____ him from his dæmon. Lord Asriel walks through into the new (19)_____. On Pantalaimon's (20)_____, Lyra follows.

0. A. lonely B. orphaned C. desperate

1. A. 'Retiring Room' B. Dining Room C. Master’s Office

2. A. soul B. patents C. thoughts

3. A. villain B. student C. Master

4. A. uncle B. teacher C. father

5. A. South Pole B. North Pole C. Arctic North

6. A. daughter B. friend C. apprentice

7. A. fights B. heads C. founds

8. A."Gobblers" B. “Strangers” C. “Barbarians”

9. A. bears B. dæmons C. people

10. A. arithmetic B. alethiometer C. physics

11. A. find B. describe C. deliver

12. A. imprisoned B. works C. lives

13. A. plane B. spaceship C. balloon

14. A. children B. dæmons C. bears

15. A. speaks B. travels C. flies

16. A. equipment B. powers C. guns

17. A. people B. Dust C. dæmons

18. A. helps B. separates C. remains

19. A. world B. house C. body

20. A. order B. request C. advice

Post-stage

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