Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CPE Open Cloze: The London Congestion Charge
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.
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The London Congestion Charge is a system designed (0) collect a daily payment from all vehicles (1) use of public roads in the central area of London which first (2) into operation on 17 February 2003. The (3) of its two main objectives was to discourage some of the many drivers that had previously (4) London’s streets to a standstill (5) entering the zone. The other was to raise capital from those drivers that persisted (6) using these roads and which could then be invested in London’s (7) transport system.
(8) the terms of the scheme, a payment of eight pounds is required for any vehicle entering the Congestion Charging Zone or moving (9) inside it. People living (10) the zone’s boundaries are eligible for a ninety percent refund and taxis, emergency vehicles and any vehicles such as bicycles which are deemed to be non-polluting are totally (11) from all charges. These concessions have helped to alleviate some of the initial objections to the scheme but it is still controversial.
Payment can be (12) use of state of the art software for recognising the numbers and letters on car registration plates. Any drivers caught driving inside the zone without paying are liable to a sixty-pound fine.
(8) the terms of the scheme, a payment of eight pounds is required for any vehicle entering the Congestion Charging Zone or moving (9) inside it. People living (10) the zone’s boundaries are eligible for a ninety percent refund and taxis, emergency vehicles and any vehicles such as bicycles which are deemed to be non-polluting are totally (11) from all charges. These concessions have helped to alleviate some of the initial objections to the scheme but it is still controversial.
Payment can be (12) use of state of the art software for recognising the numbers and letters on car registration plates. Any drivers caught driving inside the zone without paying are liable to a sixty-pound fine.