II. Read the following text and answer the questions below.
Norman style, Romanesque architecture that developed (1) __________ Normandy and
England between the 11 th and 12 th centuries and during the general adoption of Gothic (2)
________ in both countries. Because only shortly before the Norman Conquest (3) ________
England (1066) did Normandy become settled and sophisticated (4) ________ to produce an
architecture, the Norman style developed almost simultaneously in (5) _________ two
countries; early buildings, erected soon after the conquest, (6) _________ extremely similar.
Eventually, however, the styles of the two countries diverged, (7) _________ the architecture of
Normandy drew closer in form to typical French Romanesque, whereas that of England (called
Anglo-Norman Architecture) because (8) _________ much more distinctive national tradition.
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