Collecting Stamps - Test 3
B2 First · Open Cloze · Cambridge English First 3, Cambridge University Press
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.
Ever since postage stamps were first issued, people have (0) ___ collecting them. At (9) ___ this was regarded as just a hobby for children. Many people, though, continue collecting stamps throughout the whole of (10) ___ lives. Although stamp collecting is no (11) ___ as widespread as it once was, it remains (12) ___ of the most popular hobbies. The collections people make vary. Some want to obtain every stamp ever issued by a particular country. Others, though, are more interested in the pictures on stamps and collect as (13) ___ stamps as possible which have, for example, a picture of a bird or maybe of an aeroplane. It is (14) ___ doubt very satisfying for a collector to feel such a collection is complete. However, in many cases this never happens (15) ___ new stamps are being issued (16) ___ the time. This may seem frustrating but it means that people can carry on collecting for as long as their interest lasts.
Collecting stamps
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