The Patient Loaf

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.

dined

eaten

grazed

fed

giving

passing

sending

leaving

rushed

raced

fled

flown

keep

hold

take

pass

worth

deserved

earned

merited

makes

gives

does

puts

decay

dispose

devour

digest

hostile

humid

hectic

hollow

Sourdough bread is made without commercial yeast. Instead, bakers rely on a 'starter', a (0) ___ of flour and water left to ferment until it is full of wild yeasts and bacteria. A starter must be (1) ___ regularly with fresh flour to keep it alive, and some home bakers have kept the same one going for many years, (2) ___ it down from one generation to the next or sharing portions with friends. The process cannot be (3) ___ . Making a single loaf can (4) ___ a day or more, much of it spent waiting while the dough slowly rises. Enthusiasts insist the wait is well (5) ___ it. The long fermentation (6) ___ the bread its distinctive tangy flavour and chewy crust, and some people find it easier to (7) ___ than ordinary sliced bread. For many home bakers, though, the greatest pleasure lies in the ritual itself: the weighing, the folding and the smell of baking, which together provide an hour or two of calm in an otherwise (8) ___ week.

The Patient Loaf

compound

fusion

mixture

alloy

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