Story with a happy ending - Unit 17

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Objective Proficiency 2nd Edition Workbook, Cambridge University Press

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

scribe

jot

pen

script

rested

existed

hid

lay

spur

cusp

edge

spot

examined

viewed

witnessed

deemed

points out

looks over

turns out

comes over

sheltered

secluded

shrouded

screened

name

word

sign

note

paper

type

print

copy

A book by a 12-year-old about her own life is (0) ___ to be published – 27 years after she wrote it. In the summer of 1979, Clare McCann decided to (1) ___ her autobiography. The manuscript (2) ___ in a drawer in her house for almost three decades until a decision made on the (3) ___ of the moment to send it to a publisher set Clare on a journey that could change her life. Clare explains, 'It was a project for the school summer holidays and recorded everyday things like family trips, as well as my thoughts on things like music from that era. As I was only 12, I (4) ___ the world as shiny and bright and I think that (5) ___ in the book. I think kids were (6) ___ from the harsh realities of the world a lot more in those days.' Clare sent the manuscript to an American publishing firm. 'I've now received (7) ___ that they want to publish it, and it will be out later this year. I can't wait to see it in (8) ___ .'

Story with a happy ending

set

fixed

arranged

established

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