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: Visiting An Animal Shelter
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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I've never really had that much of a soft (0) for animals so I was initially quite (1) by the prospect of visiting and having a look (2) the most famous animal shelter in the (3) of the UK. People's pets generally leave me feeling a little ill (4) at the best of times although I can feel some pangs of sympathy for the world-weary hounds I regularly see tied up outside shopping centres while their owners are off (5) around inside. But now I think I can safely say that even the most callous uncaring meat-eater would have been (6) to tears by what I saw at the Nailsea Dogs' Home last week.
I suppose what I found most (7) was the way the dogs all responded so (8) to my presence. As we passed row after row of narrow wire cages, the (9) half-awake occupants suddenly sprang into a state of anxious excitement, each one frantically barking and begging me with its big, dark, doleful eyes to give it a home. A few of these sad inmates were young and healthy but most had (10) better days.
Jane Asher, the volunteer who was conducting my tour explained some of their stories and as she did so, became understandably, quite (11) . Most, it seemed, were bought as presents for children. Then sooner or later, either children or parents became (12) of the constant attention demanded by their new pets and before long, they were out on the streets fending for themselves.
I suppose what I found most (7) was the way the dogs all responded so (8) to my presence. As we passed row after row of narrow wire cages, the (9) half-awake occupants suddenly sprang into a state of anxious excitement, each one frantically barking and begging me with its big, dark, doleful eyes to give it a home. A few of these sad inmates were young and healthy but most had (10) better days.
Jane Asher, the volunteer who was conducting my tour explained some of their stories and as she did so, became understandably, quite (11) . Most, it seemed, were bought as presents for children. Then sooner or later, either children or parents became (12) of the constant attention demanded by their new pets and before long, they were out on the streets fending for themselves.