Part 3: Questions 76 – 85. (2.0 points- 0.2/ each).
Read the text and think of the word which best fits each gap.
The birthday cake is traditionally highly decorated, and typically covered (76) ……………………… lit candles when presented; the number of candles often equals the (77) ……………………… of the person. The person (78) ……………………… birthday it is makes a silent wish and then (79) ……………………… out the candles; if done in one breath, the wish is supposed to come (80) ………………………, but only if the person keeps the wish to himself (or herself). It is also common for the "birthday boy" or" birthday girl" to cut the initial (81) ……………………… of the cake as a newlywed couple might with a wedding cake. Birthday cakes have been a tradition dating back as (82) ……………………… as the Middle Ages when the English would conceal symbolic items (83) ……………………… as gold coins, rings and thimbles inside their cakes. Each item was associated with a prediction. For example, a person (84) ……………………… a gold coin in a birthday cake would supposedly (85) ……………………… wealthy.
The birthday cake is traditionally highly decorated, and typically covered (76)
……………………… lit candles when presented
