CAE Multiple Choice Cloze

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For questions 1- 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. EXAM DESCRIPTION

Scotland

People come to this small northern country for many reasons, lured, perhaps, by the promise of spectacular (1) ... , friendly natives, and a vibrant arts scene. Some are searching for their family (2) ... or others just want to get away from it all and, digging (3) ... old memories from their English Lit class of gallant heroes engaging in larger-than-life struggles, their (4) ... wander to faraway lands, to somehow familiar yet different destinations. Why not go to Scotland? But what kind of country are they coming to and what should they expect once they get there? Scotland (5) ... of an area of 30, 418 square miles - so it's a fairly compact and "doable" country - with a population of about five million people - not too small, not too big. It is one of three countries that form the political (6) ... called Great Britain, the other two being, of course, England and Wales, which, along with their fourth partner, Northern Ireland, becomes the United Kingdom. Scotland is bordered on three sides by water and on its fourth by England, which has had both its advantages and disadvantages. Geographically speaking, the country can be divided into three broad areas, the Southern Uplands, the Central Lowlands, and the Highlands. Although the rugged Highlands (7) ... about two-thirds of the land area, the (8) ... majority of the population lives in the Central Belt between Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, and Edinburgh, Scotland's capital.

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SCENERY
COLLOCATION SPECTACULAR SCENERY
(SCENERY => UNCOUNTABLE) The natural features of a particular part of a country that you can see, such as mountains, forests, deserts etc:
Reunion Island is a wildly tropical Island with spectacular scenery.
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ROOTS
COLLOCATION FAMILY ROOTS
Your relation to a place because you were born there, or your family used to live there:
Why not try to trace family roots when you travel?
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UP
PHRASAL VERB DIG UP
To find hidden or forgotten information by careful searching:
They tried to dig up some dirt on their political enemies.
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MINDS
COLLOCATION MINDS WANDER
If your mind, thoughts etc wander, you no longer pay attention to something, especially because you are bored or worried:
Does your mind wander while performing daily tasks?
SOMEHOW
ADVERB SOMEHOW
In some way, or by some means, although you do not know how: I'll get there somehow.
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CONSISTS
VERB + PREPOSITION CONSIST OF
To be formed from the things or people mentioned:
The house consists of six rooms.
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ENTITY
COLLOCATION POLITICAL ENTITY
A unit with political responsibilities:
A new autonomous political entity will be created to replace the existing Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao.
WITH
IDIOM ALONG WITH
In addition to somebody/something; in the same way as somebody/something: He was freed five years later along with two other Islamic extremists.
BOTH
CONJUNCTION BOTH ... AND ...
Used to emphasize that something is true not just of one person, thing, or situation but also of another: He is both rich and handsome.
DIVIDED
VERB + PREPOSITION DIVIDE INTO
If something divides, or if you divide it, it separates into two or more parts: The children are divided into twelve classes according to age and ability.
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TAKE UP
PHRASAL VERB TAKE UP
To fill or use an amount of space or time:
How much space will the wardrobe take up?
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VAST
COLLOCATION VAST MAJORITY
Almost all of a group:
The vast majority of people can read and write.
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