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Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Open Cloze: The Importance of Being Sporty
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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It is (0) multi-million dollar industry and (1) that attracts some of the most talented individuals alive, it generates further millions (2) advertising revenue and has spawned a whole celbrity culture of its (3) . But what role does sport play in our ordinary lives?
Few people are untouched (4) sport. We all have (5) favourite football team or tennis player or, at least, support our national sid ein major sporting events like the Olympics. How can it be, then, that so (6) people actually play sports and that obesity is becoming a major threat in the developed world?
Well, in part, the answer is (7) the question. Obesity is not a problem in the developing world (8) participation in sport is still high. True, there may be few organised leagues but children the world (9) still go out to play games like football with other children and (10) this comes the supremacy of countries like Brazil in the world of football.
So, what is stopping the British or the Americans? After (11) , they still have organised sports in schools and a myriad of clubs and teams to join in their spare time. What they (12) the young.
Few people are untouched (4) sport. We all have (5) favourite football team or tennis player or, at least, support our national sid ein major sporting events like the Olympics. How can it be, then, that so (6) people actually play sports and that obesity is becoming a major threat in the developed world?
Well, in part, the answer is (7) the question. Obesity is not a problem in the developing world (8) participation in sport is still high. True, there may be few organised leagues but children the world (9) still go out to play games like football with other children and (10) this comes the supremacy of countries like Brazil in the world of football.
So, what is stopping the British or the Americans? After (11) , they still have organised sports in schools and a myriad of clubs and teams to join in their spare time. What they (12) the young.

