The Good Gym - Module 4

C1 Advanced · Open Cloze · Advanced Expert Coursebook, Pearson Education

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.

The Good Gym, based in East London, encourages members to make good (0) ___ of their energy by combining street-running exercise with helping others. What the gym (1) ___ is work with charities and local community groups to assign runners to elderly people and encourage them to drop in for a chat while they're out on their run. (2) ___ came up with the idea must have realised that visits like this would make (3) ___ the difference to some old people's lives. Having a break in the running can work well from a training (4) ___ of view too. Runners can do a speed run to the house, rest there, have a chat, then do a more gentle, warm-down jog on the way back. So far, the initiative has been a great success (5) ___ the fact that elderly people living on their own are usually reluctant to let strangers into their homes. (6) ___ a safety measure, every runner, (7) ___ exception, has to have a criminal record check. The idea has taken off locally, but (8) ___ it will catch on nationally or even further afield is yet to be seen.

The Good Gym

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