Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Keyword Transformation
FCE Mulitlple Choice Cloze: James Bond
For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet below.
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James Bond is a one of the world’s most famous fictional (0) and was the invention of the British novelist Ian Fleming. He is the (1) character in the James Bond series of (2) novels and has also been the subject of television productions, radio plays and big budget (3) films. Originally, there were a total of twelve (4) novels and two collections of (5) stories, most of which have now been the subject of a cinema presentation. The first novel to receive the (6) screen treatment was Dr No, which was filmed in 1962 with the actor Sean Connery playing the (7) role of James Bond.
In both novels and films, Bond is a secret (8) , working for the British Secret Service, which is known in the novels as SIS and, more recently, (9) to in the later films as MI6. He is one of a few members of this organisation who has official permission to kill enemies (10) of the British government.
Although James Bond has been a huge (11) success both in print and on screen, not everybody is an admirer. The books and films have been frequently criticised for glorifying violence and for Bond’s immoral attitude towards (12) relationships with women.
In both novels and films, Bond is a secret (8) , working for the British Secret Service, which is known in the novels as SIS and, more recently, (9) to in the later films as MI6. He is one of a few members of this organisation who has official permission to kill enemies (10) of the British government.
Although James Bond has been a huge (11) success both in print and on screen, not everybody is an admirer. The books and films have been frequently criticised for glorifying violence and for Bond’s immoral attitude towards (12) relationships with women.