What We Bring Back

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.

pride

honour

glory

credit

do

make

serve

give

arouse

evoke

induce

provoke

greatly

highly

deeply

largely

free

loose

slack

open

impose

inflict

exert

entail

choosing

deciding

selecting

opting

worthy

deserving

worth

valuable

Almost every traveller returns home with something to (0) ___ them of their trip. For some it is a fridge magnet grabbed at the airport; for others, a carefully chosen piece of local craftwork that takes (1) ___ of place on a living-room shelf. Psychologists suggest that such objects (2) ___ a genuine purpose: they act as physical prompts for memory. A small carved bowl can (3) ___ the sounds and smells of a busy market with surprising vividness, long after the photographs on our phones have been (4) ___ forgotten. Not all souvenirs are harmless. Shells, coral and (5) ___ stones picked up from historic sites can do real damage when collected by thousands of visitors, and a number of destinations now (6) ___ heavy fines on anyone caught taking them. Increasingly, thoughtful travellers are (7) ___ for items made by local craftspeople instead. Buying directly from the maker keeps money in the community, and the object usually comes with a story (8) ___ telling once you are home.

What We Bring Back

recall

remind

remember

memorise

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