Part 2 · Exercise 2 — A conservator of historic wallpaper
C1 Advanced · Listening
8 questions · 9 minutes
Part 2 · Sentence completion
For questions 1–8, you will hear a conservator of historic wallpaper called Eleanor talking about her work. Complete each sentence with a word or short phrase.
Everything is played twice within the recording, exactly like the real exam — press play once and follow the narrator.
Before moving into conservation, Eleanor trained as a ________ .
Eleanor got her first commission after a builder stopped work on a ________ .
Eleanor says that old wallpaper is damaged fastest of all by ________ .
The tool Eleanor values above all others is a ________ .
Victorian decorators used a paste that was made from ________ .
The one colour Eleanor is unable to reproduce is a shade of ________ .
In many cases the original paper is stored away and visitors are shown a ________ .
Eleanor says the underrated skill in her profession is writing a good ________ .
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