Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Open Cloze: Endangered Species Conference
For questions 1-12, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet below.
Example
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As somebody who is anxious not see any more species (0) wiped off the (1) of the Earth, I recently spent four days at the annual Endangered Species Conference in Helsinki. As usual we came to see (2) famous nature experts give important presentations which usually take the form of a heads (3) on the latest species that is about to vanish into (4) air. Some of the species that got flagged (5) this year were the pygmy hippopotamus and the arctic fox. And as usual, members of the audience were invited to (6) up to personal lifestyle choices that (7) a negative impact (8) the fate of some of these creatures. But this year, I was made to feel particularly (9) of place.
It's bad (10) when you are made to realise that a product you may have bought or used (11) the confines of the conference venue has for some reason become something to be embarrassed about. But this year I was actually wearing trainers with the offending logo clearly visible and I ended up feeling so uncomfortable that I almost called (12) the green light by different organisations around the world.
It's bad (10) when you are made to realise that a product you may have bought or used (11) the confines of the conference venue has for some reason become something to be embarrassed about. But this year I was actually wearing trainers with the offending logo clearly visible and I ended up feeling so uncomfortable that I almost called (12) the green light by different organisations around the world.