Under the Glass Roof

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.

ran

fell

came

made

made

put

taken

given

set

fixed

made

brought

hit

beat

strike

knock

magnified

amplified

glorified

intensified

thin

lean

slim

narrow

rights

truths

goods

ups

glance

look

vision

sight

The covered market hall was once the beating (0) ___ of many European towns. For decades, however, a large number (1) ___ into decline as shoppers drifted towards supermarkets on the edge of town, and some were left half-empty, their roofs leaking and their stalls boarded up. Recently, though, many have been (2) ___ a new lease of life. Alongside the traditional butchers and greengrocers, younger traders have (3) ___ up stalls selling coffee, cheese and dishes from around the world, while long communal tables encourage strangers to (4) ___ up conversations over lunch. Not everyone welcomes the change. Critics complain that some halls have become little more than (5) ___ food courts aimed at tourists, and that rising rents are making life difficult for the very traders who kept them going through the (6) ___ years. Whatever the (7) ___ and wrongs of the debate, few would deny that a busy market hall, full of noise and the smell of fresh bread, is a far happier (8) ___ than an empty one.

Under the Glass Roof

heart

pulse

core

drum

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