Imaginary Friends in Early Childhood - Test 3

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge English First 3, 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.

forming

creating

gaining

producing

state

aspect

situation

point

handle

accept

support

cope

keep

persist

maintain

stay

got

put

made

set

reveals

informs

tells

advises

item

section

unit

piece

suggested

displayed

presented

notified

Many children have an imaginary friend – that is a friend they have (0) ___ . It was once thought that only children who had difficulty in (1) ___ relationships with others had imaginary friends. In fact, having an imaginary friend is probably a common (2) ___ of a normal childhood as many children with lots of real friends also have an imaginary friend. The imaginary friend may help some children (3) ___ with emotional difficulties, but for many, having an imaginary friend is just fun. Most children, it appears, realise that their imaginary friend is not real. If people (4) ___ asking about an imaginary friend, children often say, 'You know, my friend isn't real – I (5) ___ him up.' There is no firm evidence to say that having an imaginary friend (6) ___ us anything about what a child will be like in the future. One (7) ___ of research, though, has (8) ___ that adults who once had imaginary friends may be more creative than those who did not.

Imaginary friends in early childhood

devised

invented

thought

constructed

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