Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises
Exam: FCE CAE CPE
Exercise: Multiple Choice Cloze Open Cloze Word Formation Keyword Transformation
FCE Open Cloze: Karaoke
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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Some time in (0) early seventies, a Japanese musician (1) Daisuke Inoue was working (2) a drummer in a band in Kobe in Japan. His group were usually paid money (3) play along with drunken businessmen and (4) their singing sound good. One day, Inoue (5) the idea of making recordings of popular songs without the singer. His idea was that people (6) then pay money to play these music tracks and use a special microphone to sing along.
The first karaoke machines were (7) popular that soon their inventor was hiring and selling them both in Japan and abroad. In the 1980s and 1990s karaoke went (8) to become a popular activity in bars and restaurants (9) over the world. Unlike early machines, (10) relied on tapes or discs, the newer versions used digital technology which meant (11) they were able to store thousands of songs.
As well as giving pleasure to millions of people karaoke has had a political impact too. In 2002 karaoke machines were successfully sent as a peace gift from South Korea to North Korea. More recently, however, karaoke was voted the world’s (12) annoying invention in an online poll.
The first karaoke machines were (7) popular that soon their inventor was hiring and selling them both in Japan and abroad. In the 1980s and 1990s karaoke went (8) to become a popular activity in bars and restaurants (9) over the world. Unlike early machines, (10) relied on tapes or discs, the newer versions used digital technology which meant (11) they were able to store thousands of songs.
As well as giving pleasure to millions of people karaoke has had a political impact too. In 2002 karaoke machines were successfully sent as a peace gift from South Korea to North Korea. More recently, however, karaoke was voted the world’s (12) annoying invention in an online poll.