CAE Multiple Choice Cloze Mã A660412

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CAE Multiple Choice Cloze

For questions 1- 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Scotland

People come to this small northern country for many reasons, lured, perhaps, by the promise of spectacular (1) ... ?, friendly natives, and a vibrant arts scene. Some are searching for their family (2) ... ? or others just want to get away from it all and, digging (3) ... ? old memories from their English Lit class of gallant heroes engaging in larger-than-life struggles, their (4) ... ? wander to faraway lands, to somehow familiar yet different destinations. Why not go to Scotland? But what kind of country are they coming to and what should they expect once they get there? Scotland (5) ... ? of an area of 30, 418 square miles - so it's a fairly compact and "doable" country - with a population of about five million people - not too small, not too big. It is one of three countries that form the political (6) ... ? called Great Britain, the other two being, of course, England and Wales, which, along with their fourth partner, Northern Ireland, becomes the United Kingdom. Scotland is bordered on three sides by water and on its fourth by England, which has had both its advantages and disadvantages. Geographically speaking, the country can be divided into three broad areas, the Southern Uplands, the Central Lowlands, and the Highlands. Although the rugged Highlands (7) ... ? about two-thirds of the land area, the (8) ... ? majority of the population lives in the Central Belt between Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, and Edinburgh, Scotland's capital.

1. A) scene B) scenery C) view D) panorama

2. A) roots B) race C) basis D) source

3. A) off B) down C) on D) up

4. A) head B) brains C) spirits D) minds

5. A) consists B) includes C) embraces D) comprises

6. A) entirety B) entitle C) entry D) entity

7. A) take out B) take in C) take up D) take off

8. A) expansive B) vast C) expanding D) spacious

TIPS

1 Which of the given words collocates with 'spectacular'?

2 This is a fixed phrase which means 'the feelings or connections that you have with a place because your family came from there'.

3 You need to create a phrasal verb here.

4 What word should be used with 'wander' here?

5 Which of the given words collocates with 'of'?

6 Which of the following words fits the context in this gap?

7 You need to create a phrasal verb that means 'to fill or use an amount of space or time'.

8 Which of the given words collocates with 'majority'?ANSWERS

SCENERY

COLLOCATION SPECTACULAR SCENERY

(SCENERY => UNCOUNTABLE) The natural features of a particular part of a country that you can see, such as mountains, forests, deserts etc:

Reunion Island is a wildly tropical Island with spectacular scenery.

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ROOTS

COLLOCATION FAMILY ROOTS

Your relation to a place because you were born there, or your family used to live there:

Why not try to trace family roots when you travel?

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UP

PHRASAL VERB DIG UP

To find hidden or forgotten information by careful searching:

They tried to dig up some dirt on their political enemies.

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MINDS

COLLOCATION MINDS WANDER

If your mind, thoughts etc wander, you no longer pay attention to something, especially because you are bored or worried:

Does your mind wander while performing daily tasks?

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CONSISTS

VERB + PREPOSITION CONSIST OF