When audience members save the day - Test 2

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.

preserved

rescued

maintained

secured

give

put

do

make

renown

position

mark

reputation

concert

regard

honour

applause

dropped

shed

cast

split

events

matters

incidents

affairs

filling out

bringing about

taking over

covering up

goes

occurs

appears

happens

At a recent performance of the opera La Bohème, the singer playing the main role began to (0) ___ problems with his voice and was unable to carry on. Fortunately, an audience member, Charles Castronovo, offered to stand in, and the evening’s performance was (1) ___ . In fact, ‘audience member’ doesn’t quite (2) ___ justice to Castronovo. He is a tenor of some (3) ___ . Castronovo sang from the side of the stage, while the normal singer acted. After the final act, Castronovo joined the cast on stage and received loud (4) ___ from the audience. In fact, the occasion was so emotional that many tears were (5) ___ in the audience. Such a turn of (6) ___ is rare, but in 2004, the baritone Ian Vayne attended a production of the opera Carmen and ended up (7) ___ the role of Escamillo after the original singer suddenly fell ill in Act 1. More recently, a concert in London was saved by the last-minute substitution of Milly Forrest, the venue’s cloakroom attendant. Milly was also, as it (8) ___ , a trained soprano singer.

When audience members save the day

stand

experience

support

bear

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