Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Open Cloze: Like Cat and Dog
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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People (0) long been divided (1) dog-lovers and cat-lovers, although I should add that for many people neither animal inspires much emotion (2) way. The differences between cats and dogs are obvious, so can a love of one or the other really tell us anything (3) a person.
Cats are decidedly more independent than dogs and (4) less social. This is seen in the wild, (5) , apart from lions, all the big cats live solitary lives. Dogs, on the other hand, are essentially pack animals and (6) a clear leader or hierarchy if they are to function properly. A cat will show little or (7) gratitude for its food and shelter, whereas dogs have been (8) to pine to death on the graves of their owners.
So, is it fair to say that cat-lovers are more independent and dog-lovers more slavishly devoted? It wold appear (9) . In fact, it appears that those who own dogs are more likely to be leaders in the human world as well as top dog in (10) own private pack. Cat-lovers, by contrast, allow themselves to be (11) for granted and, for want of a better word, used (12) who favour the larger, mre aggressive breeds.
Cats are decidedly more independent than dogs and (4) less social. This is seen in the wild, (5) , apart from lions, all the big cats live solitary lives. Dogs, on the other hand, are essentially pack animals and (6) a clear leader or hierarchy if they are to function properly. A cat will show little or (7) gratitude for its food and shelter, whereas dogs have been (8) to pine to death on the graves of their owners.
So, is it fair to say that cat-lovers are more independent and dog-lovers more slavishly devoted? It wold appear (9) . In fact, it appears that those who own dogs are more likely to be leaders in the human world as well as top dog in (10) own private pack. Cat-lovers, by contrast, allow themselves to be (11) for granted and, for want of a better word, used (12) who favour the larger, mre aggressive breeds.