British Weather - Unit 11 - What on Earth's Going On?

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Ready for B2 First 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education Limited

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).

much

long

torrential

fast

all

every

several

many

crack

bounce

shake

bump

Although

Despite

However

Nevertheless

go

to go

gone

goes

for

of

on

over

number

quantity

amount

sum

many

little

hardly

enough

Many travellers to Britain comment (0) ___ how changeable the weather is. More often than not, one minute it's (1) ___ rain and the next it's clear skies. The reason is because the region has air masses coming from (2) ___ direction: warm winds from the south, cold winds from the north, wet winds from the west and moderate winds from the east. And they all (3) ___ into each other in the middle! (4) ___ extreme weather is relatively rare, strange weather is the norm. Visitors soon realise that, even in the summer months, it's best (5) ___ out with an umbrella as well as sunglasses. You can never take brilliant sunshine (6) ___ granted because it could change from one minute to the next. And you have to feel a certain (7) ___ of sympathy for the weather forecasters on TV. How can they possibly tell us about what is going to happen in the next 24 hours in a matter of seconds? There's just not (8) ___ time!

British Weather

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