Celebrity Crossover - Test 3

C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Proficiency Testbuilder, 4th Edition, Mark Harrison, Macmillan

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

It is not surprising that actors want to be pop stars, (0) ___ vice versa. (9) ___ deep in a part of our brain that most of us manage to keep (10) ___ control, we all want to be pop stars and actors. Sadly, there's nothing about the (11) ___ profession that automatically qualifies you for the other. Some stars do display a genuine proficiency in both disciplines, and a few even maintain successful careers in both fields, but this just (12) ___ a bad example for all the others. (13) ___ every success, there are two dozen failures. And most of them have no idea (14) ___ terrible they are. (15) ___ as power tends to corrupt, so celebrity tends to destroy the ability to gauge whether or not you're making a fool of (16) ___ .

Celebrity Crossover

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