Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Open Cloze: Serious criminals
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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The (0) of how we should treat criminals is (1) that almost everyone seems to have an opinion (2) . While some advocates of capital punishment (3) about its effectiveness, opponents are glad that it has been (4) (excuse the pun) and hope that it will never be reintroduced again.
Those in favour of the death penalty point out that keeping offenders in prison is expensive, it does not provide a sufficient (5) to other people and does not deter the criminals themselves, as many (6) shortly after being released.
The arguments against capital punishment range from those who believe we should not be (7) and should not inflict pain on other people, to those who say we should not be (8) into thinking that killing someone is a sufficient punishment for murderers, as it means that they do not suffer enough. These people think it is better to keep offenders in (9) and that they should be (10) to do hard work which benefits the community, so that they can suffer some (11) . These people also believe that serious criminals should not (12) ?
Those in favour of the death penalty point out that keeping offenders in prison is expensive, it does not provide a sufficient (5) to other people and does not deter the criminals themselves, as many (6) shortly after being released.
The arguments against capital punishment range from those who believe we should not be (7) and should not inflict pain on other people, to those who say we should not be (8) into thinking that killing someone is a sufficient punishment for murderers, as it means that they do not suffer enough. These people think it is better to keep offenders in (9) and that they should be (10) to do hard work which benefits the community, so that they can suffer some (11) . These people also believe that serious criminals should not (12) ?