The joy of words - Module 5

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Expert Proficiency, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

entertainments

pastimes

hobbies

devices

created

dreamt

imagined

invented

period

time

span

length

meaning

resulting

making

causing

appeal

engage

entice

attract

respond

warm

relate

identify

odds

hardships

downsides

worries

barrier

mould

boundary

limit

Cressida Cowell is the author of the (0) ___ -praised How To Train Your Dragon series of children's books. She spent her own childhood holidays on a remote island, where she was left very much to her own (1) ___ . As a result, she became an avid reader, entertaining herself with books and developing a fervent imagination. She even (2) ___ up her own secret languages. Cowell believes that today's children still have a real ear for language, even though their attention (3) ___ may not be as great as in her day, (4) ___ them less tolerant of long descriptive passages in stories. Her books are outlandish and exciting, with vivid imagery, cliffhangers and eye-catching illustrations. Dragons seem to (5) ___ to children of all nationalities, who also seem to (6) ___ with her protagonist, Hiccup, quite easily. Hiccup's a boy who battles his way through life's problems, often against the (7) ___ . Cowell is currently planning an illustrated book for teenagers. In her own words, she enjoys breaking the (8) ___ and finds that kids are open-minded enough to accept this.

The joy of words

widely

deeply

greatly

entirely

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