Multiple choice cloze

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Multiple choice cloze

Multiple-choice cloze: what was it again?

Choose the correct option in a text based on: 

• Collocations​
  
• Fixed expressions​
  
• Phrasal verbs​
  
• Meaning
• Type of word

Look at words:

Type of word : Grammar (which tense? Adjective, noun etc)

Use of words in sentence with gapped word:  prepositions, collocations etc

Tone: Passage may contain some specific tone like positive or negative. Also assess narrative, critical, sarcastic, humorous etc. 

Ballet dancer by chance

After five years of karate lessons, Hans Jensen, 13, (0) _______his black belt for

ballet shoes. Hans (1) ____ his first public performance only a year ago when he

danced in ‘The Nutcracker’ with the local dance school. Hans’s mother said ‘He was

actually helping (2) ____ his little sister. She was very shy on stage until her

brother was given a small part as a soldier. Hans enjoyed it so much that he (3)

_______ himself in ballet classes.’

0     A swapped  B varied        C replaced       D differed

1     A gave           B showed     C put                 D passed

2    A with            B out              C off                  D on

• similar words, different uses

• The whole text talks about changed to ballet -> vocab relating to change/replacement. Exclude ‘varied’ and ‘differed’. Know words in context

• ‘his black belt for...’. ‘Varied’ not followed by preposition, ‘differed’ followed by ‘from’, ‘replaced’ followed by ‘with’/‘by’. Know collocations

• ‘swap something for something’, 

After five years of karate lessons, Hans Jensen, 13, (0) __his black belt for ballet shoes. Hans (1)  his first public performance only a year ago when he danced in ‘The Nutcracker’ with the local dance school. Hans’s mother said ‘He was actually helping (2) his little sister. She was very shy on stage until her brother was given a small part as a soldier. Hans enjoyed it so much that he (3) himself in ballet classes.’

 A swapped 

 B varied 

 C replaced 

 D differed

PHOBIAS
The goal of Phobia Awareness Week is to highlight the difficulties that many people face in everyday situations. It is important to (1) ______ between a fear and a phobia.

1. choose
2. distinguish
3. select
4. pick

It's (2) ______ usual for all of us to have our own peculiar fears, for example being anxious around snakes or nervous about flying. However, only a very small proportion of us actually have a phobia of these things.

1. very
2. absolutely
3. quite
4. truly

However, only a very small proportion of us actually have a phobia of these things. When these fears begin to (3) ______ you embarrassment or you feel that your life is being disrupted then you would be wise to seek treatment for what could potentially be a phobia.

1. cause
2. make
3. create
4. give

By far the most (4) _______________ phobia and potentially the most disruptive is agoraphobia.

1. standard
2. average
3. normal
4. common

The word derives from Greek and (5) __________ means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing condition in which people (6)... going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise.

1. precisely
2. specifically
3. literally
4. exactly

The word derives from Greek and (5) ... means 'fear of the marketplace' but we apply it today to describe a distressing condition in which people (6) ______________ going outside because of the awful feelings of anxiety that arise.

1. dodge
2. avoid
3. miss
4. slip

Treatment of phobias usually consists of the patient (7) ________ behavioural therapy during which they gradually get used to being near the object or the situation that causes them fear.

1. undergoing
2. taking
3. experiencing
4. doing

Drugs may be prescribed to treat anxiety and many people opt for alternative therapy such as acupuncture or hypnosis to help them come to (8)__________ with their fear and conquer it.

1. acceptance
2. terms
3. realisation
4. comfort

COLLOCATIONS:
All that was left for breakfast was some ............ bread and tea

1. stale
2. rotten
3. sour
4. rancid

FIXED EXPRESSIONS:
I ............ sight of an old friend when I went to the bank yesterday

1. saw
2. caught
3. set
4. gained

PHRASAL VERBS:
He intends to ….. up a computer business with his brother.

1. put
2. lay
3. get
4. set

CONNECTING WORDS:
He decided to go, ….. his family begged him not to.

1. although
2. despite
3. otherwise
4. if

MEANING:
Emma fell down and …....... her knee.

1. skimmed
2. grazed
3. rubbed
4. scrubbed