Question

1
READING AND 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.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
0 A stopped
D not
B finished
Cended
Do you ever stop and think about how easy the Internet has made our lives?
I know there are times when it's slow or has (0) working altogether, times
when maybe you feel like (1) your computer screen into tiny pieces. But
just think of all those things you use it for. You want to buy the new One
Direction CD - you can (2)
online and buy it. You need to (3) some
research for your homework - you can find it all there on the web. You feel
with your best friend, so you Skype them. You just want a
from your homework, so you start up Minecraft or whatever game
it is you prefer and start playing. These (6) everything we need is just
a click of a button away.
like a (4)
(5)
Of course, it wasn't always like this. Only a few decades (7) people had to do things like go to the shops
if they wanted to buy something and often those shops were closed! They had to look in very large, heavy
books called encyclopedias to find information. They had to (8) up the telephone if they wanted to talk
and if their best friend wasn't at home, they simply couldn't talk to them. That's how tough life was. And these
poor people who had to suffer such hardships were ... our parents! Makes you feel sorry for them, doesn't it?
D grabbing
C smashing
C click
C find
1 A demolishing B striking
2 A come
B enter
3 A do
B make
4 A talking
B chat
5 A break
D go
Dask
C question
Cend
B stop
Bages
D speak
D fix
D days
6 A times
C years
B since
C ago
7 A after
8 A take
D past
B pick
C grab
Dhold​

Answer 1

1. smashing
2. click
3. do
4. talking
5. a break
6. times
7. ago
8. hold