Finding Your Own Way

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.

sense

feel

instinct

notion

up

over

out

to

raise

build

grow

lift

arrived

got

come

reached

territory

ground

land

field

unaware

unnoticed

unfamiliar

unwatched

alarmed

frightened

nervous

daunting

advising

informing

consulting

instructing

Few travellers today would (0) ___ of exploring an unfamiliar city without a phone in hand. Yet a growing number are choosing to switch off the map and rely on their own (1) ___ of direction instead. Advocates point (2) ___ that finding your way unaided forces you to pay attention: you notice landmarks, read street names and gradually (3) ___ up a mental picture of how one neighbourhood connects to the next. Some studies suggest that people who follow step-by-step directions retain remarkably little of a route once they have (4) ___ their destination. Getting lost, of course, comes with the (5) ___ . But wrong turnings often lead to quiet squares and tiny cafés that would otherwise have gone (6) ___ , and asking a local for help can be the start of an unexpected conversation. Those who have tried it admit that the experience can be a little (7) ___ at first, particularly after dark. Few, however, say they would happily go back to (8) ___ a screen at every street corner.

Finding Your Own Way

dream

imagine

consider

expect

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