Walls Without Mortar

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.

soaked

dipped

drenched

steeped

filled

fitted

fixed

fastened

same

like

matching

alike

eye

sight

view

vision

day

time

hour

moment

off

out

down

away

attended

visited

assisted

witnessed

heavily

strongly

deeply

widely

Anyone who has walked in the hills of northern England will be (0) ___ with the grey stone walls that run across the fields, often climbing slopes so steep it is hard to imagine how they were built. The craft behind them is (1) ___ in tradition. No mortar is used; instead, a well-built wall is really two walls leaning gently towards each other, with the gap between them (2) ___ with small stones. No two stones are (3) ___ , so the waller has to choose each one by hand, and years of practice give experienced wallers an (4) ___ for where every stone will sit. A properly built wall can stand for centuries, needing only minor repairs from (5) ___ to time. There was a time when the skill seemed in danger of dying (6) ___ , as fewer and fewer people worked on the land. Today, however, walling courses are (7) ___ by people from all walks of life, many of whom find the slow, patient work (8) ___ satisfying. For them, the reward is knowing that their work may still be standing long after they are gone.

Walls Without Mortar

aware

known

familiar

accustomed

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