Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Keyword Transformation
FCE Open Cloze: Handwriting Analysis
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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In the UK (0) days, many companies employ handwriting experts. These people are paid to analyse the handwriting (1) the various people who are applying (2) jobs in the company. These handwriting experts are (3) as graphologists and they claim to be (4) to accurately make predictions about the personality and behaviour of any applicant if they have a large (5) sample of their handwriting.
By looking at (6) a candidate has written (7) the application form they can quickly decide if the candidate is suitable for the job (8) they have applied for.
One interesting example of how this technique (9) used is in the way graphologists look at the tops and bottoms of each line. If parts of letters hang (10) a long distance below the line, a graphologist would say (11) you have a 'strong lower zone' and this means that you are a calm, organised kind of person. For this (12) it may be a good idea to make your writing like this when applying for a job.
By looking at (6) a candidate has written (7) the application form they can quickly decide if the candidate is suitable for the job (8) they have applied for.
One interesting example of how this technique (9) used is in the way graphologists look at the tops and bottoms of each line. If parts of letters hang (10) a long distance below the line, a graphologist would say (11) you have a 'strong lower zone' and this means that you are a calm, organised kind of person. For this (12) it may be a good idea to make your writing like this when applying for a job.