CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH / ADVANCED / CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / Multiple Choice Cloze
For questions 1- 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
Rain Forests
In the popular imagination, the tropical rain forests consists of giant trees towering ... [at/on/beyond/*above] a tangle of vines and beautiful orchids below, with colourful birds, tree frogs, and monkeys everywhere abundant. Scientists and visitors quickly realise that this image is not ... [specific/*accurate/particular/reliable] animal life, ... [*while/when/during/as] highly diverse, is not necessarily strikingly abundant, and flowers are often very small and hard to find. But beyond the difference between perception and reality, there are tremendous differences among regions. Biologists working in one area rapidly recognise the special features of the biological community in their area, yet they would find themselves in ... [powerful/notably/*highly/especially] unfamiliar terrain should they move, for example, from their accustomed study site in Borneo to a seemingly similar location in New Guinea. [Because/Despite/Although/*Indeed] ... , even in locations ... [*within/with/under/below] the same overall zone, such as the Amazon and Central American forests, there can be differences both dramatic and subtle from place to place. There are unique plants and animals in every community, and even those organism common to other regions are part of a distinctive ... [pile/jumble/cross/*mixture] of species that interact in ways readily distinguishable ... [between/*from/than/to] other forests.
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ANSWER KEYS
PHRASAL VERB | TOWER ABOVE |
To be much taller than the people or things around you: The building towered above the church. |
ADJECTIVE | ACCURATE |
Able to give completely correct information or to do something in an exact way: Scientists have found a more accurate way of dating cave paintings. |
ADVERB | WHILE |
Used to emphasize the difference between two situations, activities etc: Some people work better to music while others do not. |
ADVERB | HIGHLY |
HIGHLY => VERY It is highly unlikely that he'll be on time. |
ADVERB | INDEED |
Used to introduce an additional statement that emphasizes or supports what you have just said: I don't mind at all. Indeed, I would be delighted to help. |
PREPOSITION | WITHIN |
Inside a particular building or area: The noise seems to be coming from within the house. |
NOUN + PREPOSITION | A MIXTURE OF |
A combination of different things: The town is a mixture of the old and the new. |
ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION | DISTINGUISHABLE FROM |
Easy to recognize as being different from something else: The fake is hardly distinguishable from the original sculpture. |