Multiple-choice cloze
C1Part 1
Choose the correct word for each gap (8 questions)
9 free tests · about 12 min each
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- 1Practice Test 1The history of the pencilNot started~12 min
- 2Practice Test 2Rooftop beehives in European citiesNot started~12 min
- 3Practice Test 3Twenty years in mountain rescueNot started~12 min
- 4Practice Test 4Teenagers and morning tirednessNot started~12 min
- 5Practice Test 5Reviving an old town cinemaNot started~12 min
- 6Practice Test 6The reality of underwater archaeologyNot started~12 min
- 7Practice Test 7The sourdough boomNot started~12 min
- 8Practice Test 8Taking up the cello in midlifeNot started~12 min
- 9Practice Test 9Year-round sea swimmingNot started~12 min
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Multiple-choice cloze
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Few everyday objects are as easy to take for (1) as the pencil. Yet when a large deposit of pure graphite was found in northern England in the sixteenth century, it was considered so valuable that the mine was guarded day and night. Early users simply wrapped sticks of it in string or sheepskin, and it was some time before anyone (2) on the idea of encasing it in wood. Modern pencils owe a great (3) to a later technique in which powdered graphite is mixed with clay and baked; by changing the proportions, manufacturers can produce leads that range from very hard to very soft. Despite competition from the ballpoint pen and, later, the keyboard, the pencil has (4) its own remarkably well. Artists value the fact that a line can be erased, and architects have long used it for rough sketches that are later (5) over in ink. It also writes in freezing temperatures and at awkward angles, and, by and (6), it remains the most dependable writing tool there is. (7) its apparent simplicity, a modern pencil passes through dozens of stages in production. For something so ordinary, it has proved remarkably difficult to (8).
- 1.
- A. accepted
- B. granted
- C. given
- D. assured
- 2.
- A. hit
- B. met
- C. caught
- D. held
- 3.
- A. sum
- B. measure
- C. deal
- D. degree
- 4.
- A. kept
- B. stood
- C. maintained
- D. held
- 5.
- A. gone
- B. looked
- C. taken
- D. run
- 6.
- A. far
- B. whole
- C. wide
- D. large
- 7.
- A. Albeit
- B. Despite
- C. Whereas
- D. Even so
- 8.
- A. substitute
- B. exchange
- C. replace
- D. swap
About this task
Fill in the gaps by choosing the correct word from four options
Choose the correct word for each gap (8 questions)