The Board-Game Café Comes to Town

B2 First · 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.

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Not long ago, board games were (0) ___ as something for children or rainy holidays. Today, however, board-game cafés are opening in towns and cities (1) ___ the country. For a small fee, customers can sit at a table, order a drink and choose from hundreds of games. Staff are always (2) ___ hand to explain the rules, so nobody has to spend half the evening reading instructions. Owners say their customers (3) ___ from teenagers to grandparents. Many are young adults who spend all day in front of a screen and want to (4) ___ time with friends face to face. Others come because these places make it easy to (5) ___ new people, since strangers often join each other for games that need more players. Some cafés even (6) ___ weekly competitions, which can become surprisingly serious. Regular customers, though, insist that winning is not the (7) ___ point. And if things get too competitive, you can always (8) ___ to a simpler game.

The Board-Game Café Comes to Town

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