Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CAE Word Formation: Museum Of Bad Art
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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The Museum of Bad Art is a (0) owned museum which was set
up to be a (1) of art that the owners think is 'too bad to be
ignored'. Its two branches, in Dedham Massachusetts and in
Somerville display what is (2) the worst collection of art in
the world. The museum was founded when antique (3) , Scott
Wilson discovered a painting protruding from between
two rubbish bins on a street in Boston. (4) , Wilson was only
interested in using the frame at first but the painting made
a strong (5) on his friend Jerry Reilly, and when, soon
after, Wilson rescued another equally (6) work of so-called
art, the pair decided to start a collection.
At first they held regular showings in the (7) of Reilly's
house but with the (8) of many more pieces, they were forced
to seek a permanent location and eventually the collection
was housed in a room at the Dedham Community Theatre.
Now it was possible for the works to be (9) and fully
appreciated by the wider public.
The museum has in the past been criticised for being anti-
art, but Wilson and Reilly insist that their collection is a
celebration of the (10) of the artists, who continued to try
producing art even when it kept going horribly wrong.
up to be a (1) of art that the owners think is 'too bad to be
ignored'. Its two branches, in Dedham Massachusetts and in
Somerville display what is (2) the worst collection of art in
the world. The museum was founded when antique (3) , Scott
Wilson discovered a painting protruding from between
two rubbish bins on a street in Boston. (4) , Wilson was only
interested in using the frame at first but the painting made
a strong (5) on his friend Jerry Reilly, and when, soon
after, Wilson rescued another equally (6) work of so-called
art, the pair decided to start a collection.
At first they held regular showings in the (7) of Reilly's
house but with the (8) of many more pieces, they were forced
to seek a permanent location and eventually the collection
was housed in a room at the Dedham Community Theatre.
Now it was possible for the works to be (9) and fully
appreciated by the wider public.
The museum has in the past been criticised for being anti-
art, but Wilson and Reilly insist that their collection is a
celebration of the (10) of the artists, who continued to try
producing art even when it kept going horribly wrong.
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CELEBRATE
ARGUE
DEAL
APPEAR
IMPRESSED
AGREE
BASE
DONOR
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SINCERE