The Rough Guide story - Module 9

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.

cause

result

make

lead

bright

great

strong

loud

crew

team

gang

committee

to

on

at

in

absolutely

particularly

specifically

definitely

attracted

influenced

appealed

affected

range

collection

set

number

take

compose

put

include

When Mark Ellingham went to Greece in the late 1970s, he couldn't find a guidebook he liked. There was nothing available which ___ Greece as a 20th-century, living culture and which didn't ___ you feel inadequate for not having a lot of money. So Mark and his friends set out to write their own. The Rough Guide to Greece, published in 1982, was a ___ success and the publisher asked this small ___ of recent college graduates to repeat the formula for Spain and Portugal. Today there are over 200 Rough Guide titles ___ the market. Nowadays, the Rough Guides no longer seem ___ 'rough' and are no longer solely aimed at readers on a budget because the books ___ to a much wider ___ of readers than was originally anticipated. Today, therefore, they ___ information about upmarket hotels and restaurants as well as cheap ones.

The Rough Guide story

treated

dealt

handled

faced

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