Drawing the City

C1 Advanced · Multiple Choice Cloze · Cambridge Ready original exercise

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.

place

spot

site

scene

make

get

have

put

thank

praise

credit

attribute

held

kept

taken

given

despite

notwithstanding

although

regardless

knocking

striking

hitting

beating

empty

short

bare

free

said

told

put

stated

Walk through almost any large city at the weekend and you may (0) ___ sight of people perched on folding stools, sketchbooks on their knees. These are urban sketchers, whose main rule is that every picture must be drawn on the (1) ___ , from direct observation rather than from photographs. Buses pull away, the light changes and passers-by refuse to stand still, so sketchers soon learn to (2) ___ do with a few quick lines. Many (3) ___ the habit with changing the way they see their surroundings. Details they had (4) ___ for granted for years, such as a carved doorway or an iron balcony, suddenly become impossible to ignore. There is a social side too: groups meet regularly, and newcomers are made to feel welcome (5) ___ of their ability. When sketchbooks are laid out side by side, it is (6) ___ how differently the same street can be seen. For some, an hour on a street corner is an hour (7) ___ from the constant pull of a phone. As one sketcher (8) ___ it, 'You don't really see a place until you've tried to draw it.'

Drawing the City

seize

grab

catch

hold

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