Changing Typefaces - Test 7

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English Advanced 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.

represents

measures

equals

indicates

varying

modifying

adapting

switching

application

intake

capacity

consumption

belief

basis

impression

thought

Fundamentally

Seemingly

Interestingly

Unusually

issue

concern

aspect

discussion

guides

rules

dominates

influences

preserved

retained

accumulated

gathered

In what can only be described as an impressive (0) ___ of research, a schoolboy in the USA has calculated that the state and federal governments could save getting on for $400m a year by changing the typeface they use for printed documents. Shocked by the number of printed handouts he was receiving from his teachers, the 14-year-old boy decided to investigate the cost. He established that ink (1) ___ up to 60% of the cost of a printed page and is, gram for gram, twice as expensive as some famous perfumes. He then started looking at the different typefaces and discovered that, by (2) ___ to one called Garamond with its thin, elegant strokes, his school district could reduce its ink (3) ___ by 24% annually. Working on that (4) ___ , the federal savings would be enormous. (5) ___ , earlier studies of the (6) ___ of font choice have shown that it can affect more than just cost. The typeface that a document uses also (7) ___ how much of the information is (8) ___ and whether it is worth taking seriously.

Changing Typefaces

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