An opportunity too good to miss - Module 12

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · First Expert Student's Resource Book, 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.

came

met

chanced

found

over

out

off

up

hardly

something

little

nothing

grabbed

swept

held

picked

burglary

fraud

theft

forgery

registered

recorded

recalled

received

charged

sentenced

arrested

convicted

looked

regarded

viewed

considered

It was something that might have (0) ___ even the most honest teenager: the discovery of £3,000 in used banknotes in an envelope left next to an ATM machine. That was what two British teenagers, aged 14 and 17, (1) ___ across when they were hanging (2) ___ near a bank one Friday evening in January with (3) ___ much to do. After a short discussion, they (4) ___ the banknotes and ran away. Unfortunately for them, however, the (5) ___ was being (6) ___ by security cameras. The money was reported missing on the following Monday morning and the teenagers were (7) ___ for the crime within the week. Although neither of them would be (8) ___ upon as a 'master criminal', they both, nevertheless, ended up with criminal records.

An opportunity too good to miss

persuaded

urged

tempted

provoked

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