Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Open Cloze: Holidaying in Britain
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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Have you ever had a flight that (0) been delayed and then spent hours in a hot, overcrowded airport lounge just killing time until your flight is called? And then you hear that dreaded announcement that the plane hasn't even left Athens, or wherever, (1) which point you start wishing you'd stayed at home. Yet thousands of British people holiday abroad every year. When you've (2) and saved all year, you feel that you deserve to splash (3) on a foreign holiday somwhere hot and exotic. And what about all the cash you actually get through while you're on holiday? You may spend your money (4) water without realising it but have nothing to show (5) it when you get home.
So why not think about spending your next holiday in Britain? If you're a bit hard (6) and can't afford a luxury summer holiday abroad, then Britain could be the place for you. Wales and Cornwall, to name a few, are amazing places to visit, both in (7) you can take in the breath-taking scenery, lie on a beautiful sandy beach or stroll around one of the pretty little market towns. There is a wide range of things to see and do whether you've got money to (8) or only just enough to get (9) on.
Britain is relatively easy to do (10) a budget as many of the things to do are free, such as visiting the lakes, mountains, walking through forests, looking at the stunning scenery and going on coastal walks. Therefore when you get home from your holiday you won't recoil (11) horror when your credit card statement lands on your doormat. In addition, you won't feel like you have to continually try to keep (12) you do in Britain, you're sure to have a great time!
So why not think about spending your next holiday in Britain? If you're a bit hard (6) and can't afford a luxury summer holiday abroad, then Britain could be the place for you. Wales and Cornwall, to name a few, are amazing places to visit, both in (7) you can take in the breath-taking scenery, lie on a beautiful sandy beach or stroll around one of the pretty little market towns. There is a wide range of things to see and do whether you've got money to (8) or only just enough to get (9) on.
Britain is relatively easy to do (10) a budget as many of the things to do are free, such as visiting the lakes, mountains, walking through forests, looking at the stunning scenery and going on coastal walks. Therefore when you get home from your holiday you won't recoil (11) horror when your credit card statement lands on your doormat. In addition, you won't feel like you have to continually try to keep (12) you do in Britain, you're sure to have a great time!