Would you rather win a silver or bronze medal? - Test 1

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · C1 Advanced Trainer 2, Cambridge University Press

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.

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steadily

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strongly

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come

make

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suggests

notifies

admits

characterised

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constituted

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distance

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size

limit

tightly

finely

closely

narrowly

wonder

reflect

consider

evaluate

impact

conclusion

feeling

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Try to (0) ___ yourself as an athlete at an Olympic event. We can (1) ___ assume you’d want to win, and, if that wasn’t possible, you’d prefer to (2) ___ up second rather than third. However, research (3) ___ that the reality may be different. In one study, volunteers assessed athletes’ faces as they waited for their medals. In particular, they looked out for athletes with a ‘Duchenne smile’, which is thought to show happiness and is (4) ___ by a raising of the mouth and a crinkling round the eyes. Gold medal winners were rated as happiest, but those in second place seemed less happy than bronze medallists. Researchers also found that the (5) ___ by which a medal was won or lost appeared important: silver medallists who (6) ___ lost out on gold were significantly less happy than those who only just beat the third-placed athlete. Do silver medallists (7) ___ on how they might have won gold, whereas bronze medallists just feel lucky to win something? We can’t be sure, but researchers think comparative performance may greatly affect the (8) ___ of happiness.

Would you rather win a silver or bronze medal?

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