Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CPE Open Cloze: Getting Ahead At Work
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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One job is pretty (0) like another. In fact, having a job is a bit like being in a family. Everybody assumes a different role and conflict is (1) with from that perspective. The difference in the workplace is that (2) if you don't like the role you have, you need to continue to (3) a brave face on it. And unlike in a family, (4) you might do little or nothing to help out, in your job, you are expected to do your (5) share - nobody else wants to do your work for you.
Some people go (6) of their way to be helpful at work although (7) is not always notcied or appreciated. Some people are naturally very (8) the ball and always seem to be very on (9) of things. Others resent the (10) that they have their boss (11) down their necks all the time and they try to avoid having to (12) on your feet; like when you discover it's somebody's birthday but nothing has been organised, so you create a card on your PC, wrap the bottle of wine you have just bought for dinner and organise for everybody to sing Happy Birthday out of tune. Do this often enough and you will be well on the way to becoming the most popular person around.
Some people go (6) of their way to be helpful at work although (7) is not always notcied or appreciated. Some people are naturally very (8) the ball and always seem to be very on (9) of things. Others resent the (10) that they have their boss (11) down their necks all the time and they try to avoid having to (12) on your feet; like when you discover it's somebody's birthday but nothing has been organised, so you create a card on your PC, wrap the bottle of wine you have just bought for dinner and organise for everybody to sing Happy Birthday out of tune. Do this often enough and you will be well on the way to becoming the most popular person around.