Locked In for Fun

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.

look

find

search

watch

row

line

series

queue

communicate

inform

tell

announce

comes

puts

takes

runs

exercise

practice

homework

lesson

although

however

despite

but

tell

give

say

speak

fond

eager

devoted

attracted

Escape rooms first (0) ___ in Asia about fifteen years ago and have since spread all over the world. The idea is simple: a group of players is locked in a themed room and has sixty minutes to (1) ___ a way out. To do this, they must find hidden clues and solve a (2) ___ of puzzles. Some rooms are designed to look like a prison cell, others like a pirate ship or a scientist's laboratory. Players say the best teams are those that (3) ___ well. If people keep information to themselves, the group soon (4) ___ into difficulties. That is why some companies now send their staff to escape rooms as a team-building (5) ___ . Game designers try hard to make the puzzles challenging (6) ___ not impossible. If a team gets stuck, staff watching on a camera can (7) ___ them a hint. Only about a third of teams manage to escape in time, but even those who fail usually leave laughing and (8) ___ to come back and try another room.

Locked In for Fun

showed

appeared

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looked

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