Games Night Out

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.

gates

windows

doors

entrances

fee

fine

fare

toll

foot

hand

side

head

along

across

among

around

paid

spent

made

given

crack

melt

smash

break

sooner

instead

rather

preferably

test

check

exam

try

Board games were once (0) ___ as something for rainy afternoons and family holidays. Today, cafés devoted to them are opening their (1) ___ in towns and cities across the country. For a small (2) ___ , customers can choose from hundreds of games, and staff are on (3) ___ to explain the rules and recommend something suitable for the group. Part of the appeal is that such cafés offer an alternative to evenings that revolve (4) ___ drinking. In an age when so much of our free time is (5) ___ staring at screens, games bring people face to face around a table. They also help to (6) ___ the ice between strangers, giving shy people something to concentrate on (7) ___ than making small talk, and many regulars say they have made lasting friends this way. Not every evening is entirely friendly, of course. Some regulars admit that games can become surprisingly competitive, and more than one friendship has been put to the (8) ___ by an argument over a disputed rule.

Games Night Out

seen

watched

noticed

glanced

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