CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH / ADVANCED / CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / Open Cloze / Test 18

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH / ADVANCED / CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / open Cloze

For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.

Gift from the Baltic
 

Amber jewellery has always been much sought after and, through trade, amber pieces often ended (1) ... in areas distant from their source. The discovery of amber thought to (2) ... come from the Baltic but found in caches, excavations, and burial grounds throughout Europe and North Africa has led to the reconstruction of the ancient amber trade routes. These routes, the details of (3) ... are still somewhat controversial, varied depending upon the amber source and the period, but were active during the Greek and Roman periods.
(4) ... distant trade accounts for the finding of Baltic amber beads in Etruscan tomb as well as in excavations in Mycenae, Egypt, and Rome. Amber was also (5) ... demand by the Arabic and Oriental cultures, and worn Baltic amber beads (6) ... appear today in necklaces from Morocco, Iran, and Tibet. The lore and study of amber has always been an integral (7) ... of the Baltic cultures, and from time immemorial (8) ... the present, amber has been collected from the shores of the Baltic Sea.

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answer keys

 

1)    UP
PHRASAL VERB ENDED UP
To find yourself in a place or situation that you did not intend or expect to be in:
If you go on like this you'll end up in prison. 

 
2)    HAVE
PERFECT INFINITY HAVE
We form the perfect infinitive with to have + the III form of a verb: 
I am glad to have found a new job. 

 
3)    WHICH
RELATIVE PRONOUN WHICH
Used to give more information about something: 
She stayed at a good hotel the facilities of which are fabulous. 

 
4)    SUCH
DETERMINER SUCH + ADJECTIVE + NOUN
Used to emphasize the great degree of something:
How can anyone live on such a small salary? 

 
5)    IN
FIXED PHRASE IN DEMAND
The need or desire that people have for particular goods and services: 
He was a successful lecturer, much in demand.

 
6)    STILL
ADVERB STILL
Continuing until a particular point in time and not finishing :
I wrote to them last month and I'm still waiting for a reply.

 
7)    PART
IDIOM AN INTEGRAL PART OF STH
Being an essential part of something:
Music is an integral part of the school's curriculum.

 
8)    TO
PREPOSITION TO
As far as a particular point or limit: 
Temperatures dropped to 25 degrees below zero.