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.
 

paris Disneyland

The Disneyland resort opened its doors in 1992, with the second park Walt Disney Studios Park opening much later than planned in 2002, the resort is ...  [operated/performed/functioned/acted]  by Euro Disney SCA which includes stockholders like The Walt Disney Company, Saudi Prince Alwaleed and people like us. So how did Disneyland end up by Paris. Well by 1985 the choices that Disney had made for its European Disneyland was ... [reduced/decreased/diminished/contracted]  down to just 4 locations, 2 in Spain and 2 in France.  ... [Whilst/Besides/However/Because]  the climate that Spain offered would be more ... [appealing/appearing/appalling/appellating]  to guests the general feeling was that it didn't have the central location that France would offer. The two locations in France were one in the ... [midway/middle/midfield/midpoint]  by Paris and a southern location. The southern location near Marseille was ... [ruled out/staved off/made out/warded off]  due to thick layers of bedrock that were found when initial pilot ... [drilling/grinding/spinning/twisting]  was done, which is a shame as the weather was better south than the Paris site. But the Paris location offers excellent road and rail ... [links/joints/parts/ties]  with Paris as well as major capitals in Europe.

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ANSWER KEYS

 

1)    OPERATED
VERB OPERATE
If a system, process, or service operates, or if you operate it, it works: 
The bus company operates a Monday to Saturday service. 
 
2)    REDUCED 
VERB + PREPOSITION REDUCE DOWN
To make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price:
Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
 
3)    WHILST
CONJUNCTION WHILST
Used to contrast two things:
Some people work better to music whilst others do not.
 
4)    APPEALING
VERB + PREPOSITION APPEAL TO
If someone or something appeals to you, they seem attractive and interesting:
The idea of working abroad really appeals to me.
 
5)    MIDWAY
ADJECTIVE MIDWAY
Between two places, and the same distance from each of them: 
The town is midway between Glasgow and Manchester.
 
6)    RULED OUT
PHRASAL VERB RULE OUT
To state that something is not possible or that somebody/something is not suitable:
The police have ruled out suicide.
 
7)    DRILLING
COLLOCATION PILOT DRILLING
A small drill to start a hole to ensure that a larger drill will run true to center:
The pilot drilling commences slowly and carefully with low load and rotation.
 
8)    LINKS
NOUN + PREPOSITION RAIL LINK WITH
A means of travelling or communicating between two places:
There is a high-speed rail link with London.