B2 Use of English Test 5 – multiple choice gaps

For questions 1-9, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

England National Girls’ Football Week

by Amy King, 16

As most people are probably (1)……………, there is little doubt that football is England’s most popular sport. However, most people don’t realise that the number of boys and men playing the game is currently in (2)…………… . But I’m proud to say that the same is not (3)…………… of the girls’ and women’s game – in fact, far from it. In April 2015, Girls’ Football Week (4)…………… no less than 22,000 girl players. Over 200 schools across England took part in the (5)…………… .

At the following Girls’ Football Week in October 2016, the focus was more about (6)…………… participation in women’s football across the country’s colleges and universities. Again, the event seems to have been a (7)…………… success. At the last (8)……………, nearly three million girls and women were registered as football players, which is fantastic to hear. But what is the best news of all? My school has just (9)…………… plans to set up a girls’ football team next term. I will definitely be signing up!

1   A   knowledgeable      B   aware                 C   familiar             D   awake

2   A   fall                            B   decline               C   decrease          D   reduction

3   A   real                           B   right                    C   actual               D   true

4   A   attracted                 B   pulled                 C   engaged           D   brought

5   A   experience              B   act                      C   event                D   development

6   A   stretching                B   adding                C   increasing       D   enhancing

7   A   great                        B   good                   C   high                   D   strong

8   A   statistic                    B   number              C   quantity            D   count

9   A   said                           B   announced        C   told                   D   advised