Opposites Don’t Attract After All - Unit 5

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Ready for C1 Advanced 4th Edition Workbook, Macmillan Education

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.

thrown

sent

drawn

dragged

assumed

realised

concluded

acknowledged

spite

sense

case

terms

come across

end up

go on

turn out

oversight

downside

falsehood

omission

uncovered

displayed

exposed

revealed

virtually

somewhat

hardly

relatively

aspects

impressions

assumptions

viewpoints

In the (0) ___ of interpersonal relationships, it is often claimed that opposites attract. Just as two magnets with opposite poles are (1) ___ together, so people are (2) ___ to be attracted to those who are poles apart. However, all the evidence seems to point towards the opposite conclusion: that the more similar two people are, in (3) ___ of everything from their political views to the products they tend to buy, the better their relationship is likely to be. We (4) ___ not to be much like magnets after all. One significant (5) ___ of surrounding ourselves with people who share our views, values and preferences is that we can easily end up with a distorted worldview, as we are rarely (6) ___ to different opinions. Comfortable as it is to spend time with people who agree with us on (7) ___ everything, it is also important to seek out opposing (8) ___ – people who will tell us, ‘Actually, no, you’re wrong.’

Opposites Don’t Attract After All

circumstances

background

topic

context

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