Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Open Cloze Word Formation Gapped Sentences Keyword Transformation
CPE Word Formation: A Balloon Expedition
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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In 1897 three Swedes set out from Svalbard on an (0) to
the North Pole by hot air balloon under the (1) of S.A.
Andree. Although all three men were experienced (2) , they
continued to have (3) faith in the effectiveness of their
equipment despite considerable evidence of the (4) of the
balloon’s steering system which Andree had designed
himself. Also, the polar balloon had not (5) the normal
testing procedure for hydrogen balloons but none of
the three men, would in any way (6) the serious
(7) that this had for the likely fate of their voyage.
Soon after their departure on July 7th, it was noticed
that (8) amounts of hydrogen were escaping from the balloon
but the three men were unconcerned by the amount of (9) .
Unfortunately, as the balloon gained altitude, this loss
of gas soon (10) and so, after a brief flight of ten hours and
twenty-nine minutes the balloon crash-landed on pack-ice
where the three explorers attempted to continue their
journey on foot. Their bodies were eventually recovered
from the ice thirty-three years later.
the North Pole by hot air balloon under the (1) of S.A.
Andree. Although all three men were experienced (2) , they
continued to have (3) faith in the effectiveness of their
equipment despite considerable evidence of the (4) of the
balloon’s steering system which Andree had designed
himself. Also, the polar balloon had not (5) the normal
testing procedure for hydrogen balloons but none of
the three men, would in any way (6) the serious
(7) that this had for the likely fate of their voyage.
Soon after their departure on July 7th, it was noticed
that (8) amounts of hydrogen were escaping from the balloon
but the three men were unconcerned by the amount of (9) .
Unfortunately, as the balloon gained altitude, this loss
of gas soon (10) and so, after a brief flight of ten hours and
twenty-nine minutes the balloon crash-landed on pack-ice
where the three explorers attempted to continue their
journey on foot. Their bodies were eventually recovered
from the ice thirty-three years later.
EXPEDITE
LEAD
BALLOON
QUESTION
EFFECT
GO
KNOW
IMPLY
CONSIDER
LEAK
QUICK
LEAD
BALLOON
QUESTION
EFFECT
GO
KNOW
IMPLY
CONSIDER
LEAK
QUICK