Groundhog Day - Module 3

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · First 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.

own

severe

ill

rude

advanced

ahead

early

immature

gather

group

crowd

combine

quantity

number

total

sum

got

became

took

turned

turned up

called off

came on

looked over

despite

although

still

otherwise

exist

rest

last

hold

According to a popular US tradition, the groundhog, a small furry animal, (0) ___ of its winter sleep on 2 February. If the sky is clear, he sees his shadow. This means there are going to be six more weeks of (1) ___ weather and he returns to his hole. If the day is cloudy and he can't see his shadow, it means there will be an (2) ___ spring and he stays above ground. Each year reporters (3) ___ in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, at dawn and a large (4) ___ of cameras are focused on the burrow of a groundhog called Punxsutawney Phil. In 1993, the Hollywood film Groundhog Day (5) ___ Phil into a major celebrity and the following February, over 30,000 people (6) ___ in Punxsutawney. Unfortunately, (7) ___ the large crowds were hoping for a prediction of good weather, Phil saw his shadow and returned to his hole, so everyone knew that winter was going to (8) ___ for a few more weeks.

Groundhog Day

gets out

comes out

gets up

comes up

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