Looking Up

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.

stand

set

sit

step

charges

spends

costs

pays

apart

aside

away

off

raise

lift

grow

build

road

path

route

way

poured

pored

purred

peered

besides

aside

beside

apart

break

crack

split

gap

Most of us (0) ___ attention to the sky only when deciding whether to take an umbrella. A small but growing number of enthusiasts, however, (1) ___ aside time each week simply to lie back and watch the clouds. They point out that the hobby requires no equipment, (2) ___ nothing and can be enjoyed almost anywhere. Newcomers soon learn to tell the main types (3) ___ , from the towering heaps that (4) ___ up on summer afternoons to the high, wispy streaks suggesting that rain may be on the (5) ___ . Photographs of unusual formations are shared online and (6) ___ over by fellow watchers, who debate exactly how each one should be classified. Yet most enthusiasts insist that identification is (7) ___ the point. What really matters, they say, is the quiet pleasure of noticing something that is constantly changing and never repeats itself. In a world of notifications and deadlines, a few minutes of gazing upwards gives the mind a welcome (8) ___ , and many find they return to their work calmer and clearer.

Looking Up

spend

take

pay

make

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