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.

 

Hollywood

Hollywood, California, (1) ... movies their birthplace as large-scale, global entertainment. Since 1915,"Hollywood" has served (2) ... a synonym for professional, polished recorded entertainment. Hollywood originated the klieg-lit movie premiere, the Academy and Emmy Awards, and radio and television programmes that brought stars and talent to audiences around the world. Hollywood's main street, Hollywood Boulevard, reflected that glory. At (3) ... time, newspapers and fan magazines climbed over (4) ... to create show-business nicknames for it: Main Street of the Movies, The Walk of Fame and Avenue of the Stars. Movie stars from 1912 to today walked, worked, or lived in Hollywood.
The nation's largest talent and advertising agencies as well as the most powerful performers and writers unions had their busy offices here (5) ... its gold heyday. Restaurants, stores and theatres catered (6) ... them and to the average person (7) ... came seeking Hollywood's fabled mystique. From a dusty few acres with notable weather, Hollywood grew (8) ... a small town that became one of the most famous places on Earth. Today, another battered district of Los Angeles, it undergoes urban renewal.

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answer keys

 

1)    GAVE
VERB GIVE
To make someone or something have a particular quality:
Its association with the movie industry has given the place a certain glamor.

 
2)    AS
VERB + PREPOSITION SERVE AS
To be suitable for a particular use, especially when nothing else is available:
The sofa will serve as a bed for a night or two.

 
3)    ONE
PHRASE AT ONE TIME
At a time in the past but not now:
At one time, that kind of thing would have made me really angry.

 
4)    THEMSELVES
PRONOUN THEMSELVES
(the reflexive form of they) used when people or animals performing an action are also affected by it:
They've bought themselves a new car.

 
5)    DURING
PREPOSITION DURING
Throughout the entire time of (an event, period, occurrence, etc.):
He worked in the field during most of the day.

 
6)    TO/FOR
VERB + PREPOSITION CATER TO/FOR
To provide what is wanted or needed by (someone or something): 
The inn caters exclusively for/to foreign tourists.

 
7)    WHO/THAT
RELATIVE PRONOUN WHO/THAT
Used to show which person or people you mean:
The people who/that called yesterday want to buy the house.

 
8)    INTO
PHRASAL VERB GROW INTO
To develop over time and become a particular kind of person or thing:
The two-part show has grown into a full-fledged series.