CAE Open Cloze

Open Cloze For questions 1-15, read the text below and type the word which best fits in each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example below: !" is #tress

Stress (0) ... often called a 21st century illness but it has always been with us if perhaps (1) ... different names. These days we reard stress (2) ... a necessary e!il of modern li!in. "et stress is not neati!e and without (#) ... we would not en$oy some of the hihpoints in life (%) ... as the anticipation before a date or the tension leadin (&) ... to an important match. 'll these situations produce stress but () ... you can control it and not the other way () ... you will feel stimulated* not worn (+) ... ,nli-e these situations* which are enerally positi!e and easier to deal with* sittin in a train () ... is late* (10) ... stuc- in a traffic  $am* wor-in to a tiht deadline are (11) (11) ... harder to manae and control. Stress is now reconised as a medical problem and as a sinficant factor (12) ... causin coronary heart disease* hih blood pressure and a hih cholesterol count. /atients are often unwillin to admit to stress problems (1#) ... they feel they are a form of social failure and it is important that symptoms (1%) ... identified in order to a!oid unnecessary sufferin. So what should we be loo-in out for as daner sinals Common sins of stress are increased tiredness* irritability and (1&) ... inability to cope with certain situations.

Thai Food

 o other national cuisine has en$oyed uite the deree of popularity popularity that Thai food (1) .......... .......... Ten Ten years years ao it was a rarity in 3urope and the ,nited States and (2) .......... that it was !irtually un-nown. ow Thai coo-in has (#) .......... one of the 4e 4est5s st5s fa!ourite e6otic styles of coo-in. 's 's well as the rowin (%) .......... of Thai restaurants throuhout the world* there has been an increase little (&) .......... little in the a!ailability of inredients on supermar-et shel!es. () .......... 4estern coo-s it is becomin uite practical to try authentic !ersions of Thai dishes at home. One of the thins that ma-es Thai coo-in () .......... a challene is the sheer !ariety of types of dish. Thai food lies between Chinese and 7ndian cuisine* with influences (+) .......... 8urma* Cambodia and 9alaysia* each of () .......... has had an effect on Thailand at different staes of (10) .......... history. Some Some of the inredients come from (11) .......... afield. Chillies* to i!e (12) .......... one e6ample* are oriinally from Central and South 'merica but were incorporated uic-ly (1#) .......... the national diet. Ta-en all (1%) ..........* these influences from abroad ha!e (1&) .......... Thai coo-in a stronly reional set of cuisines.

$re-%istory

That frament of pottery* that little piece of bone or the remains of an early human tool are (1) ... often the only e!idence we ha!e of our early history. :owe!er* (2) ... a conseuence of the wor- of archaeoloists and others in this field* we ha!e (#) ... the years built (%) ... an e6tremely ood understandin of early human de!elopment. This is the case (&) ... the fact that there is no written e!idence of the period we term /re;:istory. () ... is startlin to note is that this period* which predates the in!ention of writin* accounts () ... < of human e6istence. 7t was (+) ... this time that disco!eries that shaped the human race were made* early settlements created that () ... to become our ma$or cities and (10) ... eneral was the time when the !ery foundations of human ci!ilisation were laid. The e!idence of our pre;history can be found e!erywhere* from remnants of human e6istence buried deep in the round (11) ... ancient pathways and  burial rounds. The first and easiest place to start your e6ploration of prehistory is of (12) ... your local museum* particularly (1#) ... you are interested in disco!erin more about the area where you li!e. "ou may (1%) ... ha!e a local archaeoloical roup that would be prepared to let you wor- (1&) ... a !olunteer.