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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