A Year Without New Clothes
B2 First · Open Cloze · Cambridge Ready original exercise
For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning.
Last January, a young teacher called Hannah decided to take (0) ___ in a challenge: she would not buy any new clothes for a whole year. At first, she was worried that she would soon run (1) ___ of things to wear. However, she quickly discovered that she already owned far (2) ___ clothes than she needed. At the back of her wardrobe she found a jacket that she had bought two years earlier and had completely forgotten (3) ___ . Instead of shopping, she learned how to repair things, and she started swapping clothes (4) ___ her friends. By the end of the year, she had saved (5) ___ much money that she was able to pay for a holiday. She also felt she had helped the planet. The fashion industry is one of (6) ___ biggest producers of waste in the world, and many clothes are worn only a few times. Hannah says the hardest part was not the challenge itself (7) ___ the comments from colleagues, who kept asking her when she was going (8) ___ buy something new.
A Year Without New Clothes
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