Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Word Formation: Christmas Shopping
For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. 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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Even in recent times of financial (0) , the two months
(1) up to Christmas are of great importance to businesses,
in particular, supermarkets and other (2) in
the UK. For many shops, their (3) survival depends
on having a good Christmas each year. And when large
Christmas profits fail to (4) it can often result
in the business facing (5) soon after the New Year.
One more (6) result of a long lead-up to Christmas is
that over the years, the typical British (7) has
become (8) immune to the effects of large
amounts of (9) marketing. This, in turn, has meant
that in order to make any impact on customer's spending,
retail (10) now need to make their Christmas
displays extremely prominent and eye-catching.
(1) up to Christmas are of great importance to businesses,
in particular, supermarkets and other (2) in
the UK. For many shops, their (3) survival depends
on having a good Christmas each year. And when large
Christmas profits fail to (4) it can often result
in the business facing (5) soon after the New Year.
One more (6) result of a long lead-up to Christmas is
that over the years, the typical British (7) has
become (8) immune to the effects of large
amounts of (9) marketing. This, in turn, has meant
that in order to make any impact on customer's spending,
retail (10) now need to make their Christmas
displays extremely prominent and eye-catching.
CERTAIN
LEAD
RETAIL
CONTINUE
MATERIAL
CLOSE
FORTUNE
SHOP
INCREASE
FESTIVAL
OUT
LEAD
RETAIL
CONTINUE
MATERIAL
CLOSE
FORTUNE
SHOP
INCREASE
FESTIVAL
OUT