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10 A destroy B deny C defeat D delay
11 A set off B put in C left on D joined up
12 A letting B resulting C causing D making

9. Multiple-Choice Cloze (25 minute time limit)
In this text 20 words have been removed. You must read each passage and then select,
from the answer choices the word that best fits each blank. The best word is the one
that fits the sentence and the paragraph in both grammar and meaning. You should
read through each passage quickly to get the main idea before you try to select a word
for each blank. You will have 25 minutes to work on this section of the assignment.
The Eden Project, in Cornwall, SW England, is one of the world’s largest multi-
environment projects. It is run by Tim Smit, who has raised money to build the world’s
largest green house. The concept (1) … the project was to encapsulate the world’s four key
climatological regions under one spectacular glass dome; in other words, to create a
showcase for global biodiversity, sustainable development and human (2) … upon plants.
The $74m Eden Project (3) … 7,000 visitors to its official opening, some of (4) … had
been standing in line since before dawn to get in. It is (5) … in a former clay pit and is (6)
… by two giant futuristic domes, called biomes, which have been built to recreate the
earth’s different climates and which (7) … thousands of different plant species. Species
were chosen (8) … to how they fit into the story of man’s relationship with plants. The
plants (9) … to control the climate inside the domes, giving (10) … additional moisture and
therefore cooling the air as it gets hotter. Birds, insects and reptiles (11) … to the different
biomes will live in the domes and will help to control pests.
(12) … is expected that 750,000 visitors annually will tour the site, and it will have
(13) … links with schools around the world. Visitors will embark (14) … a journey through
the veins of plants, using specialized photography, which takes in the (15) … of life and
death, regeneration and decay. The (16) … of its success will be not the magnificence of its
gardens (17) … its buildings; it will be that, in a hundred years’ (18) …, the world will look
back and (19) … that this is a symbol of mankind’s shift from (20) … to conversation.
1 A to B within C behind D under
2 A independence B dependability C depending D dependence
3 A attracted B gathered C called D claimed
4 A which B them C whom D it
5 A placed B found C located D put
6 A overwhelmed B domineered C towered D dominated
7 A house B home C cover D grow
8 A seeing B according C looking D whether
9 A try B help C contribute D involve
10 A through B up C away D off
11 A appropriate B natural C suitable D right
12 A When B That C It D What
13 A strong B tough C hard D tight
14 A to B on C in D about
15 A round B circle C recycle D cycle
16 A way B path C proof D judgment
17 A nor B not C either D but
18 A long B time C history D future
19 A predict B consider C tell D say
20 A manipulation B utilization C exploitation D usage

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