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READY FOR READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PARTS 1–4
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Reading and Use of English Part 2 Open cloze
1 Read the following text, ignoring the gaps for the moment. What change did
Robin Moore manage to procure through his photograph?
LESS NS FR M
BEHIND THE LENS

A l t h o u g h w i l d l i f e p h o t o g r a p h e r R o b i n M o o r e ’ s 2 0 1 7 p h o t o g r a p h
o f s o m e o f t h e w o r l d ’ s r a r e s t i g u a n a s (0) FELL s h o r t
o f w i n n i n g h i m t h e W i l d l i f e P h o t o g r a p h e r o f t h e Y e a r , i t s
i n f l u e n c e w a s e x t r e m e l y w i d e r e a c h i n g . W h e n R o b i n s e t o f f
t o p h o t o g r a p h t h e i g u a n a s , (1) d i d h e k n o w
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t h e p o w e r t h e i m a g e w o u l d c o m e t o h a v e . T h r e a t e n e d b y
g o v e r n m e n t p l a n s t o a l l o w c o n s t r u c t i o n i n (2)
f o r e s t h a b i t a t o n G r e a t G o a t I s l a n d o f f J a m a i c a ’ s s o u t h e r n c o a s t ,
t h e i g u a n a s ’ f u t u r e l o o k e d b l e a k , u n t i l i t w a s a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e
p l a n s (3) t o b e a b a n d o n e d .
T h i s r e m a r k a b l e c h a n g e o f h e a r t c a m e ( 4 )
t h a n k s t o t h e e x p o s u r e t h e p h o t o g r a p h r e c e i v e d o n l i n e . A s h o r t
f i l m h i g h l i g h t i n g t h e p l i g h t ( 5 ) t h e e n d a n g e r e d
r e p t i l e s c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e c a m p a i g n , t o o , a n d t h i s w a s u s e d a s
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d e s i g n a t e d a s a n a t u r e r e s e r v e .
(7) s u r p r i s i n g l y , t h e r e w a s g r e a t r e l i e f a t t h e n e w s
a c r o s s a l l s e c t i o n s o f t h e c o m m u n i t y , a n d c o n s e r v a t i o n i s t s a r e
o p t i m i s t i c t h a t t h e s e c r e a t u r e s w i l l t h r i v e a g a i n ( 8 )
t h a t t h e y a r e l e f t a l o n e i n t h e i r n e w h o m e .

2 For questions 1–8 , read the text again and think of the word which best fits each
space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0 ).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS.
3 Look at the example answer (0). T he correct answer is fell because:
it is part of the phrase to fall short of something.
A
fall short is a collocation.
B
C the meaning of fall in this context is ‘to fail’.
4 S P E A K Work in pairs. Look at answers 1–8. Explain why those are the correct
answers, thinking about the types of words that were missing.
H o w t o g o a b o u t i t

• Read the title and the whole text so you understand the gist of it before attempting any
D o n ’ t f o r g e t !
answers.
Write your answers in
• Always read the complete sentences around the gaps and think about the possible
CAPITAL LETTERS on
answers such as references, conditionals, dependent prepositions, fixed phrases,
the answer sheet in
verb forms, etc.
the exam. Make sure
• Write down the type of word which could go in each space.
your writing is clear
and easy to read.
The answer is always ONE word only and it will not be a contraction.
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