Second Acts

C2 Proficiency · 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.

into

upon

onto

for

raises

lifts

hoists

elevates

make

do

have

take

gulp

swallow

choke

digest

age

years

time

life

puts

keeps

stands

sets

front

head

early

fast

rebuke

deplore

reproach

regret

It was once (0) ___ for granted that the career one embarked (1) ___ at twenty would see one through to retirement. Today, a change of direction in mid-career (2) ___ few eyebrows, and the accountant who retrains as a carpenter or the banker who becomes a nurse is a familiar figure. Yet those who (3) ___ the plunge rarely describe the decision as an easy one. Many speak of months, even years, spent weighing up the risks before they finally handed in their notice. Money is only part of the worry. To start again is to (4) ___ one's pride, to become a beginner once more and to take instruction from colleagues half one's (5) ___ . Fortunately, experience gained in one field often (6) ___ people in good stead in another. The former lawyer turned teacher, for instance, may find she has a (7) ___ start when it comes to holding the attention of a restless class. And few career changers, it seems, (8) ___ their decision for long, whatever doubts they had at the outset.

Second Acts

held

given

taken

kept

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