CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAMINATIONS / CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY EXAM / CPE / USE OF ENGLISH / Open Cloze / Test 13

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EXAMINATIONS / CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY EXAM / CPE / 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.

 

Brain

Your brain weighs only about 3 pounds, and (1) ... it is the control centre of your body. It is the most amazingly complex organ that you possess. It controls not only the functions of each part of your body, but (2) ... your movements (both voluntary and involuntary) and your physical sensations. Your brain is also in charge of your emotions, both pleasurable and painful, and it governs your behaviours. (3) ... using your brain, you make all of your decisions, both large and small. It is responsible for all of your thought patterns. Like your other organs, your brain is permeated (4) ... circulating blood and bathed in chemicals.
It uses energy – lots of it. It can get sick. The smooth functioning of your brain depends on what happens to you and what you eat (5) ... the course of your daily life, and we're learning more about this (6) ... the time. As we learn more about how to maintain healthy bodies – (7) ... includes having healthy brains – we can alter our nutritional habits and (8) ... changes in what kinds of foods we are eating and drinking.

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[answer="yet"]

[answer="also"] [answer="by"] ! [answer="with"][answer="in#during#over"][answer="all"][answer="which"]

[answer="make"]

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answer keys

 

1)    YET
CONJUNCTION AND YET
Used to introduce a fact, situation, or quality that is surprising after what you have just said:
She does not speak our language and yet she seems to understand what we say.

 
 
2)    ALSO
CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTION NOT ONLY ... BUT ALSO ...
Used to emphasize that something else is also true:
She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustrations.

 
3)    BY
BY + GERUND BY + ING
The method or means used:
By working hard, he passed his maths exam.

 
4)    WITH
VERB + PREPOSITION PERMEATE WITH
(of a liquid, gas, etc.) to spread to every part of an object or a place:
The air was permeated with the odour of burning rubber.

 
5)    IN/DURING/OVER
PHRASE IN/DURING/OVER THE COURSE OF
While something is happening or continuing:
The insurance covers you if you are injured in the course of your employment.

 
6)    ALL
PHRASE ALL THE TIME
During the whole of a particular period of time:
The letter was in my pocket all the time.

 
7)    WHICH
RELATIVE PRONOUN WHICH
Used to introduce a group of words that limits the meaning of a noun to a specific place or thing:
This is a matter which requires further study.

 
8)    MAKE
PHRASE MAKE CHANGES IN
To introduce changes:
The scientists have made changes in the model.