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: Muddingfield Pop Festival
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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Every year (0) of people in their teens and twenties travel from (1) the country and descend on the tranquil village of Muddingfield for a three-day music festival, where they (2) away their time listening to their favourite rock musicians. Attracted by the spectacular rural (3) and an impressive line-up of performing artists, the numbers of pop fans attending has (4) in recent years, leaving narrow country lanes (5) with traffic and the local police force contending with an ever-increasing (6) of complaints and disturbances to deal with.
Two years ago, however, things finally came to a head. Whereas in previous years, there had always been (7) space at the festival site, in 2006 an estimated crowd of ninety thousand were crammed into three fields and there was a(n) (8) lack of basic facilities such as toilets.
Fortunately, it was decided that (9) the scale and evident popularity of the festival, it could not simply be called off. Working together, the local council and the festival organisers (10) up a scheme to move the festival to a new location in national parkland on the lower (11) of the Grey Mountains, a mere stone's throw away from Muddingfield Village. In this way, it was eventually possible to (12) overcrowding while maintaining the essential character of the event.
Two years ago, however, things finally came to a head. Whereas in previous years, there had always been (7) space at the festival site, in 2006 an estimated crowd of ninety thousand were crammed into three fields and there was a(n) (8) lack of basic facilities such as toilets.
Fortunately, it was decided that (9) the scale and evident popularity of the festival, it could not simply be called off. Working together, the local council and the festival organisers (10) up a scheme to move the festival to a new location in national parkland on the lower (11) of the Grey Mountains, a mere stone's throw away from Muddingfield Village. In this way, it was eventually possible to (12) overcrowding while maintaining the essential character of the event.