Digging In

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.

worth

valued

deserving

merited

set

put

taken

held

abandoned

left

deserted

forgotten

piece

share

portion

part

these

those

they

ones

change

swap

pass

turn

meet

join

share

cross

come

go

end

set

For a growing number of city dwellers, an allotment, a small piece of land rented from the local council, (0) ___ a welcome escape from the pressures of urban life. Waiting lists in some areas are now several years long, yet few who finally get a plot would say the wait was not (1) ___ it. Newcomers are often (2) ___ aback by how much work is involved. Weeds seem to spring up overnight, and a plot (3) ___ unattended for a few weeks in midsummer can quickly turn into a wilderness. Yet most plot-holders insist that the effort is (4) ___ of the appeal. There is a particular satisfaction in eating food you have raised from seed, and (5) ___ who have never grown anything before are often astonished at how much better a freshly picked tomato tastes. Allotments are surprisingly sociable places, too. Advice, seedlings and surplus courgettes (6) ___ hands freely, and people who might never otherwise (7) ___ paths become firm friends. A retired engineer may (8) ___ up sharing a shed with a student half a century younger.

Digging In

awards

grants

offers

hands

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