Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Mulitlple Choice Cloze: Angry Tennis Players
For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet below.
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The game of tennis has until (0) recently always been a well-mannered affair in which even when a player was (1) a beating, he or she would have such amazing (2) of self-restraint that they could not even be heard (3) under their breath. It was an unwritten rule that when a tennis player (4) into the limelight of a professional competition, they would from then on (5) their composure at all times and would under no circumstances (6) a decision made by the umpire. While footballers were free to (7) their anger on referees, sometimes for the smallest of reasons, it was simply unimaginable that a professional tennis star would ever (8) up a fuss.
This of course has all changed. In the eighties, a succession of tennis stars with (9) names began to challenge the meek image of professional tennis on a regular (10) And these players were not merely satisfied to (11) a bit of a moan, once in a while, about an umpire's controversial decision. On the contrary, games would frequently come to a complete halt for several minutes at a time, while voices were (12) and colourful, even obscene language could be heard going back and forth, in the genteel surroundings of a lawn tennis championship.
This of course has all changed. In the eighties, a succession of tennis stars with (9) names began to challenge the meek image of professional tennis on a regular (10) And these players were not merely satisfied to (11) a bit of a moan, once in a while, about an umpire's controversial decision. On the contrary, games would frequently come to a complete halt for several minutes at a time, while voices were (12) and colourful, even obscene language could be heard going back and forth, in the genteel surroundings of a lawn tennis championship.