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Exercise 5 (Hard) - Cloze Activity - 16 Questions

Cloze Activity

Read the paragraph below. Choose the word from the word bank to fill in the missing word in each blank to complete the story. There are 16 blanks in the paragraph.

    take down       get off        go through      made up        get on     set off

       went off         kept on         took out         came up        reached out                       

     looked out      took off        come along      pick up         come out

Last Christmas holiday, my husband, Li, (1) with the idea to (2) our family to Florida.

After discussion, we (3) our minds to go to Miami. My friends Yi and Yu would also

(4) with us. We planned to (5)  in the morning and meet my friends at the airport.

On the way to the airport, our car’s fuel level alarm (6) . Then, I realized that I had left my cell phone

at home, so we drove back to (7) the phone. When we arrived at the airport, we had just enough time to

(8) passport and security check and (9)  the plane. The plane (10) shortly,

and the view was breathtaking from the upper sky. I (11) the window to enjoy it. A toddler

in my back row (12)  crying because of the high air pressure. I (13) a cookie from

my bag, and he (14)  for it and stopped crying. When we landed in Miami, we couldn’t  

(15)  the plane because there was a problem on the runway. After waiting for 30 minutes, we were

finally allowed to (16) of the plane. 

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