Evenings at the Picture House

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.

stolen

taken

removed

robbed

commerce

business

trade

industry

lies

stays

sits

keeps

rather

except

instead

besides

serving

catering

supplying

providing

greatly

highly

deeply

largely

used

did

would

were

last

remain

stay

keep

Not long ago, the small independent cinema seemed to be on its last (0) ___ . Out-of-town multiplexes and, later, streaming services at home appeared to have (1) ___ it of its audience. Yet in many towns, single-screen picture houses are back in (2) ___ . Part of the reason (3) ___ in what the multiplexes lack: a sense of occasion. Many have restored their original plasterwork and velvet seats, and (4) ___ of a bucket of popcorn, audiences might be offered a glass of wine and a slice of homemade cake. Programmes mix new releases with old favourites, (5) ___ to a wide range of tastes, and many venues are run (6) ___ by volunteers who know their regulars by name. Those regulars often say they now go to the cinema far more often than they (7) ___ to, and that sharing a film with a room full of neighbours is quite different from watching it alone on a sofa. On this evidence, the small cinema is here to (8) ___ .

Evenings at the Picture House

legs

feet

knees

hands

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