<CD-RAT><Entry><HWD>PART\PART 1</HWD><Activity><GapFillDropdown layer="1" h="360" w="620" y="10" x="10"><Title alignment="left" isOn="1">PART 1: Multiple-choice cloze<br /></Title><Instruction alignment="left" isOn="1">For questions <B>1-12</B>, read the text below and decide which answer (<B>A</B>, <B>B</B>, <B>C</B> or <B>D</B>) best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (<B>0</B>). <br /></Instruction><ReferenceObject soundIsOn="0" videoIsOn="0" defaultHeight="200" alignment="left" isOn="0" /><ScrollableAssets /><Content><FONT SIZE="14"><B>Ironing – it’s for robots!</B></FONT><br />Are you fed (<B>0</B>) <I><U>up with</U></I> ironing? Does spending hours standing at the ironing board make you feel<br /> (<B>1</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> as</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> similar</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> like</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> typical</Choice></Dropdown> a robot? Well, in that (<B>2</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> instance</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> point</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> example</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> case</Choice></Dropdown>, why not actually get a robot of your own to (<B>3</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> make</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> do</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> fetch</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> bring</Choice></Dropdown> the work for you? The ‘Dressman’ robot is the latest scientific<br /> (<B>4</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> progress</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> movement</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> growth</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> advance</Choice></Dropdown> in the home-help market, and it should (<B>5</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> get at</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> deal with</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> look into</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> go over</Choice></Dropdown> the biggest basket of (<B>6</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> wrinkled</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> broken</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> torn</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> spoiled</Choice></Dropdown> clothes in no time.<br />How does it work? It’s quite simple really. The robot (<B>7</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> shows</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> looks</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> presents</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> displays</Choice></Dropdown> like a human body, and is made of balloon silk. Its arms and body can be (<B>8</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> put in</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> made out</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> blown up</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> pushed through</Choice></Dropdown> with hot air and when a damp shirt is hung on it, every crease (<B>9</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice is-correct="1"><B>A</B> disappears</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> destroys</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> removes</Choice><Choice ><B>D</B> smoothes</Choice></Dropdown>. The whole process takes between four and fifteen minutes on (<B>10</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> standard</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>B</B> average</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> medium</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> middle</Choice></Dropdown>.<br />The invention was developed as a response to what the manufacturers described as ‘the one household<br /> (<B>11</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> work</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> employment</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>C</B> job</Choice><Choice><B>D</B> project</Choice></Dropdown> that people hate the most’. The good news is that the robots are already available in the shops, but the bad news is that they are not cheap. So having bought your robot, you will probably spend the time you have (<B>12</B>) <Dropdown default-text="Choose"><Score num="1" /><Choice><B>A</B> profited</Choice><Choice><B>B</B> won</Choice><Choice><B>C</B> earned</Choice><Choice is-correct="1"><B>D</B> gained</Choice></Dropdown> working overtime to pay for it!</Content></GapFillDropdown><Feedback playallOn="1" showAnswersOn="1" animatedFeedbackOn="1" testModeOn="0" instantFeedbackOn="0"><Sounds /></Feedback><GenericActivity hintsNextTo="0" timerIsOn="0" CDPrefsFolder="preferences/" CDPrefsFile="cd1.xml"><ActivityCanvas graphicAlpha="100" folder="" file="" colourAlpha="100" colour="transparent" /><SoundLibrary y="10" x="10" isOn="0" /><VideoLibrary h="252" w="385" y="78" x="10" isOn="0" /><Assets /></GenericActivity></Activity></Entry></CD-RAT>
