Multiple-choice cloze
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
When the Regal cinema in Hallbridge closed in 1998, its seemed to be sealed. For two decades the building stood empty, its roof leaking and its famous neon sign falling into . The turning came when a group of residents formed a trust and launched an appeal for funds. At first they set their low: they simply wanted to make the building safe and prevent it from being demolished. But the response was . Within a year more than four thousand people had made donations, and a heritage grant up the difference between what had been raised and what the work would cost. Restoring the auditorium proved more complicated than anyone had imagined, as much of the original plasterwork had to be recreated by hand. Now, after six years of work, the Regal is open once again, and its first screening, a silent film with live piano accompaniment, sold out a matter of hours.
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