The man who invented playtime - Module 3

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Advanced Expert Coursebook, Pearson 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.

numerous

limitless

infinite

immeasurable

estimated

evaluated

priced

valued

enormous

vast

massive

extensive

fence

barrier

boundary

wall

put up

came up

took up

turned up

dominated

commanded

governed

oversaw

Nonetheless

Albeit

Despite

While

swapped

switched

turned

formed

Shigeru Miyamoto is probably the most influential man of the last twenty years in (0) ___ of the number of people who play his electronic games – Mario Bros, Wii Fit and (1) ___ others. It is due to him that Nintendo, at $85 billion, is now one of the most highly (2) ___ companies in Japan. The (3) ___ majority of video games are created by engineers but Miyamoto is an artist, playful and endlessly creative. Hired by Nintendo to reinvent an arcade game, he broke through the (4) ___ which had previously pitched these games only at adults. To capture the American market, Miyamoto (5) ___ with Donkey Kong – its family-friendly style in sharp contrast to the violent games which had previously (6) ___ the industry. Then, in 1983, his arcade hit Mario Bros became the biggest game franchise in the world. (7) ___ Miyamoto's great success in entertainment, though, his next phase of game design – the DS and the Wii – focused on self-improvement, as well as making games interactive and creative. It also (8) ___ Nintendo, already a big player, into a giant on the world stage.

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