10 Gapped Text Practice Questions with Answers | Cambridge B2 First
Gapped Text is Part 6 of the Reading and Use of English paper in Cambridge B2 First (FCE). Some sentences are removed from an article and jumbled after it, and you decide which sentence fits each gap. One sentence is extra and does not fit any gap. It tests how well you follow the structure and development of a text. This post gives you 10 Cambridge B2 First Gapped Text practice passages with answers. Every answer comes with a short note that explains why the sentence fits. Read each article first, then open the answer for each gap to check your work.
Passage 1
When the Owners Go Away
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Mira Dale visits a holiday boarding service where houseplants receive care designed for each individual plant.
At Greenrest Plant Lodge in Rowan Arcade, the guests arrive in pots rather than suitcases. Owner Oren Fitch looks after houseplants while their owners are away, and on a busy summer weekend his bright rooms may hold more than a hundred. When I visited, Oren asked each customer about the plant's usual position, recent watering and any changes in its leaves. [Gap 1] A numbered card stayed with the pot, while a fuller record was stored on a tablet.
New arrivals did not immediately join the main collection. Oren examined the leaves, the surface of the soil and the bottom of each pot under a strong lamp. Plants with suspicious marks waited in a separate room until he knew whether insects or disease were present. [Gap 2] Only after this check could a plant stand beside guests from other homes.
The main rooms were divided by light and temperature rather than by plant type. A cactus from a cool windowsill might need a different place from one normally kept in a very sunny conservatory. Oren used simple light meters, but he also watched how the sun moved across the rooms during the day. [Gap 3] As a result, plants that looked completely different sometimes stood together because their daily conditions were similar.
Watering also depended on evidence. Oren lifted smaller pots to judge their weight and tested larger ones below the soil surface with a wooden stick. He checked the record to see whether the owner had recently changed the usual routine. [Gap 4] A fixed timetable for every pot would have left some roots dry and others sitting in too much water.
Owners could request a photograph during a long trip, but Oren did not send daily pictures without a reason. He contacted them if a plant lost several leaves, produced an unexpected flower or needed a decision about treatment. Any change appeared beside the earlier notes in its record. [Gap 5] It also stopped different staff members from making separate guesses about the same problem.
Collection day involved another short conversation. Oren explained what had happened, showed any new growth and advised the owner to return the plant to its usual light gradually. A plant that had been moved to a brighter room at Greenrest could react badly if placed in strong sun at home immediately. [Gap 6] The service ended only when the owner knew how to continue the routine.
Before I left, a customer arrived for a tall fig tree. She had worried that it would be difficult to move, but the tree had travelled in a wheeled support and had grown one healthy new leaf. Oren checked its card, secured the pot for the journey and handed over the record. The tree had not simply been stored; it had been observed.
Sentences to choose from
A. This temporary separation reduced the chance of one guest bringing a problem to all the others.
B. That evidence reassured owners and gave the staff one shared account of the plant's stay.
C. Each arrival therefore came with a short history as well as a name and collection date.
D. Oren also sold locally painted pots from a shelf near the front desk.
E. Such advice linked the conditions at the lodge with the care the plant would receive afterwards.
F. The groups were based on the plants' normal needs, not simply on their appearance.
G. For that reason, the decision to add water was made from the plant's present condition.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: C. C sums up the intake questions and links them to the numbered card and fuller digital record mentioned next.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: A. A refers to the separate inspection room and explains why the plant must wait before joining other guests.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: F. F contrasts needs with appearance and explains why different-looking plants can share the same area.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: G. G refers to the weight, soil test, and recent history, then contrasts this evidence-based choice with a fixed timetable.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: B. B refers to the photographs and notes as evidence and explains their value to both owners and staff.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: E. E refers to Oren's home-care guidance and leads into the idea that the service continues through a careful handover.
Passage 2
Twenty Bells, One Piece of Music
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Ivo Brann joins a handbell group and discovers how separate notes become one continuous performance.
When I joined Clear Note Handbells at Eastmere Hall, twenty polished bells stood on padded tables. Conductor Tess Mora explained that each player was responsible for particular notes rather than for one continuous musical line. My two bells appeared only in short sections, while another player held notes used throughout. The music marked every note with a small colour matching its bell position. [Gap 1] The allocation turned one written piece into a set of connected responsibilities spread across the group.
Tess first taught me to lift a bell with a relaxed wrist and make one controlled movement. Stopping the sound mattered too. I touched the bell gently against my shoulder or the padded table at the exact written moment instead of letting every note continue. [Gap 2] A note was accurate only when both its beginning and its ending belonged in the music.
Before ringing a difficult section, the group tapped its rhythm on the padded tables. We spoke the count and pointed to the bells we would use, but made no musical sound. This revealed two places where players were reaching for the same space at once. Tess changed the bell positions slightly and repeated the exercise. [Gap 3] Silent practice allowed the timing and movement plan to become clear without the sound hiding practical confusion.
One passage required a bell to move from my table to the player beside me. We agreed the exact rest when the transfer would happen and placed an empty padded circle at the receiving position. During rehearsal, I slid the bell by its handle rather than passing it above other bells. [Gap 4] Planning the handover kept both players ready without adding an unsafe or noisy movement.
In the empty rehearsal room, the louder bells continued longer than expected. Tess asked those players to damp slightly sooner and moved two softer bells nearer the centre. When an audience entered later, their coats and bodies would absorb some sound, so the group also tested the opening after guests arrived. [Gap 5] Balance depended on the room and listeners as well as on how strongly each player rang.
During the concert, I watched Tess more than my own hands. Her gestures prepared each entrance, controlled the speed and showed when the final sound must disappear. If I missed a note, I was not to add it late; I returned at the next marked entrance. [Gap 6] Following one leader kept a small individual error from pulling the shared rhythm apart.
My two bells produced only a few seconds of the whole piece. Yet every player had owned similarly small pieces of time. The performance became continuous because no one treated a separate note as separate work.
Sentences to choose from
A. Controlling the end of each ring was as important as producing the correct note.
B. The conductor’s shared signals kept individual entrances inside one musical direction.
C. Assigning notes and positions showed each player where their part entered the complete arrangement.
D. The planned transfer gave the bell a clear route and a prepared destination.
E. Several extra chairs had been moved from the entrance into a side room.
F. Listening in the actual hall helped the group adjust length and balance for the space.
G. Practising movement without ringing exposed coordination problems before musical rehearsal.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: C. C refers to coloured note markings and assigned bells and explains how individual responsibilities connect to the full piece.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: A. A refers to shoulder or table damping at written moments and explains why ending a bell sound is part of accuracy.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: G. G refers to tapping, counting, and pointing without sound and explains how the group detects reaching conflicts.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: D. D refers to the agreed rest, empty padded circle, and sliding method and explains why the transfer is planned.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: F. F refers to long and soft sounds in Eastmere Hall and the later audience test and explains why balance changes with the room.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: B. B refers to Tess’s gestures for entrances, speed, and ending and explains how players recover within one shared direction.
Passage 3
Where Every Sheet Returns
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Lina Darr follows hotel linen from a guest room through washing and back to the correct floor.
At Harbour House Hotel, used sheets and towels arrived in the Linen Room inside bags marked with the floor number. Laundry supervisor Owen Kes opened each bag at a sorting table, where staff separated sheets, towels, table linen and items needing special attention. They also checked for stains, tears and objects left in folds. [Gap 1] Sorting by fabric and condition ensured that a damaged sheet or heavily marked cloth did not disappear inside an ordinary load.
Machines had maximum weights, but Owen did not fill them with any mixture that happened to reach the limit. Thick towels held far more water than light sheets, and different fabrics required different movement and temperature. Staff weighed prepared groups and left the space specified for that program. [Gap 2] A correctly sized load allowed water and cleaning action to reach the linen evenly.
Each machine program had an approved combination of time, temperature and cleaning product. The operator scanned the batch label before starting and the machine added the measured product automatically. If a cycle stopped or a reading fell outside its range, the batch remained identified for review. [Gap 3] The digital record connected the finished linen with the process it had actually received.
After washing, items moved to dryers or to hanging rails according to their labels. Staff checked remaining moisture rather than extending every cycle by the same number of minutes. Over-drying used extra energy and could shorten the life of fabrics, while folding damp sheets could trap an unpleasant smell. [Gap 4] The stopping point depended on the material reaching the right condition, not merely on the clock.
Clean sheets were folded on wide tables and counted into floor batches. A coloured card identified the destination floor and the required mix of sheet sizes. Towels followed in separate covered carts, and restaurant cloths never entered a guest-room batch. [Gap 5] The folding area rebuilt the categories needed by the hotel after washing had brought similar items together.
Items with tears or permanent marks went to a review shelf with their original batch number. Repairable linen moved to sewing, while worn pieces approved for another use were recorded separately. Owen compared the day’s clean totals with the bags received from each floor. [Gap 6] Recording damage and shortages prevented the hotel from assuming that every missing item was still somewhere in the machines.
By afternoon, carts of clean linen were travelling back upstairs. Guests would see one smooth sheet, not the sorting, weighing, program record, moisture check and floor count behind it. The laundry worked as a circle only because every stage kept enough information for the next.
Sentences to choose from
A. A flower delivery for the hotel lobby was waiting near the service entrance.
B. Matching fabric type and load size helped the machine perform its intended process.
C. Floor cards and separate carts restored the destination groups required for distribution.
D. The batch record preserved evidence of the exact cycle rather than only its planned settings.
E. Reviewing damaged and missing items explained differences between incoming and usable totals.
F. The first separation determined which treatment and later decision each item needed.
G. Moisture checks found the right end point for different drying methods and materials.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: F. F refers to separating linen by type, stains, tears, and special needs and explains how the first decision guides treatment.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: B. B refers to towel and sheet differences, weighing, and program capacity and explains why loads are not mixed only by weight.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: D. D refers to scanning batch labels and recording automatic programs or stopped cycles and explains the evidence retained.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: G. G refers to dryer and rail choices and measuring remaining moisture and explains why time alone does not decide completion.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: C. C refers to floor cards, size counts, separate carts, and restaurant linen and explains how distribution groups are rebuilt.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: E. E refers to repair, alternative use, batch numbers, and total comparison and explains how shortages are reconciled.
Passage 4
Knowing When Compost Is Ready
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Reva Joon follows a community compost team that measures each batch instead of judging it by colour alone.
At HeatLeaf Yard, CycleCore Project manager Malik Thorne gives every new compost batch a code and records its start date, ingredients and approximate quantities. Material arriving later does not enter an older pile simply because there is space. A separate bay and record begin when the planned input window closes. [Gap 1] Batch identity gives every later temperature, turn and test a defined mixture and starting period.
The pile is built within marked length, width and height limits so air and heat can be compared with earlier batches. Bulky and fine materials are mixed in measured layers rather than left in separate pockets. Malik photographs the finished shape from fixed bay markers. [Gap 2] Controlled geometry reduces the chance that a cold corner or wet centre results only from an unrecorded difference in pile construction.
Temperature is measured at the same mapped depths and positions using the yard's checked probe. Staff wait for a stable reading, clean the probe between points and record time before moving on. One hot reading is not used to describe the whole pile. [Gap 3] A fixed measurement pattern turns changing heat into a profile that can be compared across the batch and over time.
Turning follows the project schedule and the recorded evidence, not the arrival of a free machine. Staff note moisture at several points and add a measured amount of water only when the approved check supports it. The new outside and centre positions are recorded after each turn. [Gap 4] Documented intervention lets the team connect later change with what was physically moved or added.
When active heating has declined, Malik takes small samples from several mapped places and combines them under the maturity-test method. The sample is labelled before it leaves the bay. Smell and dark colour are noted, but the specified stability and plant-response checks still take place. [Gap 5] Representative testing prevents one attractive handful from standing for an entire pile that may remain uneven.
Release requires the batch record, temperature history, intervention notes and maturity results to meet the project criteria. Compost that needs more time keeps the same identity and a new review date. Approved material receives a destination record before it leaves the yard. [Gap 6] Evidence-based release connects each load with the monitored batch and avoids turning delay into a hidden failure.
Reva learns that composting is a biological process with an administrative backbone. Input records, pile shape, repeat readings, known interventions, representative tests and traceable release allow the team to respond to change without pretending that every brown, earthy pile is finished. After distribution, HeatLeaf Yard retains a sealed reference sample and the destination list for the stated period. Feedback about texture or plant response returns under the batch code, not as a general comment about all yard compost. This closing link lets the project compare field experience with the evidence used at release.
Sentences to choose from
A. A coded input window defines the material and time period represented by one batch.
B. Recorded turning and water additions explain physical changes that may affect later readings.
C. Standard pile dimensions make differences in heat and moisture more meaningful.
D. Release criteria preserve the link between an approved load and its complete monitoring history.
E. The yard office had started selling reusable buckets for kitchen scraps.
F. Mapped probe positions create a comparable temperature profile rather than a single convenient result.
G. Combined samples and defined tests assess the batch beyond the appearance of one location.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: A. A fits because the code, input window, ingredients, and start date define one batch.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: C. C fits because marked dimensions and measured layers make pile construction comparable.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: F. F fits because fixed depths, positions, time, and stable probe readings create a temperature profile.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: B. B fits because turning positions and measured water additions explain later physical change.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: G. G fits because mapped combined samples and defined tests represent more than one attractive handful.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: D. D fits because criteria, history, review dates, and destination records connect release with evidence.
Passage 5
The Timetable before the Bell Rings
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Amir Cole watches a school planner turn hundreds of lessons and limits into one working week.
At Lakeside Secondary, timetable planner Rina Forth began RoomPlan Week with empty boxes covering a computer screen. Before placing a single lesson, she collected the facts that could not be ignored: teacher availability, class hours, room equipment and the number of pupils in each group. Science classes needed laboratories, while the largest year group would not fit in several upstairs rooms. [Gap 1] A timetable could look complete and still be impossible if it started from preferences rather than real limits.
Rina entered fixed events first. The whole-school meeting occupied Monday morning, sports facilities were shared with another school on Thursday, and two teachers worked elsewhere every Friday. Examination groups also required their agreed number of lessons across the week. [Gap 2] These immovable points formed a frame around which more flexible lessons could be arranged.
Student choices created another challenge. Two subjects offered at the same time might prevent a pupil from taking the combination already approved. Rina used anonymous course-choice data to find groups of subjects commonly selected together. She then checked the draft for clashes before assigning smaller option classes to rooms. [Gap 3] The numbers showed where a neat arrangement for teachers would have closed a real path through a pupil’s programme.
When the first full draft was ready, staff did more than read it at their desks. They traced sample days for pupils moving between distant buildings and checked whether one teacher had several rooms without enough time between them. A computer warning found exact clashes, but it did not know that the art block was a long walk from the sports hall. [Gap 4] Testing journeys exposed practical pressure that was absent from the lesson boxes themselves.
Change requests arrived quickly. Moving one history lesson appeared simple until Rina followed its connections: the teacher, class, room and later subject all needed a free space at the new time. She made changes in a copy, ran every check again and compared the result with the previous draft. [Gap 5] A local improvement was accepted only when it did not create a less visible problem elsewhere.
The final timetable carried a version number and publication date. Staff downloaded it from one shared location rather than passing separate files by email. If a correction became necessary, the new version would list the changed lessons and replace the earlier file. [Gap 6] Clear version control prevented two correct-looking but different timetables from operating on the same morning.
On the first day of term, pupils noticed where to go, not the weeks of decisions behind each room number. Rina said that was a sign the timetable was doing its job. It held many competing needs together without asking users to solve them again every hour.
Sentences to choose from
A. Collecting constraints first defined what any workable timetable had to respect.
B. Walking through sample schedules added physical distance to the conflict check.
C. A single identified edition gave the school a common current plan.
D. Placing fixed commitments early established the timetable’s least flexible structure.
E. Tracing every connection prevented one requested move from being judged in isolation.
F. The cafeteria manager was choosing a new colour for the serving counter.
G. Checking combinations against choice data protected the subjects pupils had planned to study.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: A. A refers to teacher, room, equipment, and class-size facts and explains why they must precede preferences.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: D. D refers to meetings, shared facilities, teacher absences, and required lessons and explains why they are placed first.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: G. G refers to student subject combinations and anonymous choice data and explains why conflicts are checked before room assignment.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: B. B refers to tracing pupil and teacher routes and explains how physical distance adds information beyond computer clash warnings.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: E. E refers to the teacher, class, room, and later lesson connected to one move and explains why all checks are repeated.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: C. C refers to the version number, date, and shared download location and explains why the school uses one current timetable.
Passage 6
Finding Where an Organ Loses Its Breath
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Tess Orpin follows organ technicians testing old bellows before changing the instrument's air system.
In Northgate Organ Loft, AirChest Workshop technician Perrin Moss begins with drawings, past repairs and notes from the organist. He maps which bellows supplies each wind trunk and which musical symptoms occur at particular demands. The loudest complaint does not automatically identify the leaking component. [Gap 1] System history and air-path mapping turn a general loss of power into testable sections of one connected instrument.
Before close work, the organ is placed under the approved isolation procedure and access platforms are checked. Perrin labels the section being tested and confirms which valves separate it from the rest. No one presses a key while the team is inside the loft. [Gap 2] Controlled isolation protects workers and ensures that a test result belongs to the named section rather than the full moving system.
With the bellows at rest, the team examines leather folds, corners, boards, hinges and earlier patches under angled light. They record dust movement and wear but do not push tools into a suspected opening. Measurements and photographs use fixed reference marks. [Gap 3] Non-invasive visual evidence identifies likely areas without turning inspection into new damage.
A measured pressure test is then applied within the instrument's stated limit. Perrin records starting pressure, time and rate of change while a second technician listens and uses the approved detection method. The same sequence is repeated after the section returns to its starting condition. [Gap 4] A bounded repeatable test converts an impression of leaking air into evidence that can be compared before and after work.
Any repair follows the conservation decision and uses documented compatible materials. Old patches are not removed merely to make the surface look uniform. The repair location, adhesive, leather and curing conditions enter the instrument record, and the test is repeated only after the required wait. [Gap 5] Compatible recorded intervention preserves both function and the history needed to understand future behaviour.
Recommissioning happens gradually, first with the repaired section and then with connected trunks under increasing musical demand. Perrin compares pressure data and the organist's original symptoms, stopping if a new imbalance appears. Final settings and limits are signed. [Gap 6] Staged return links the technical repair with the behaviour of the complete instrument without jumping directly to full performance.
Tess hears the organ sound steady again, but the process has been far quieter than its result. The final report does not simply say that the leak has gone completely. It records the conditions under which the improvement was measured and the signs that future technicians should watch. That makes today's success useful evidence rather than an unexplained change in sound. Maps, isolation, visual evidence, measured pressure, compatible repair and gradual return help the team restore breath without treating a historic air system as a single replaceable machine.
Sentences to choose from
A. The church planned to move several chairs before the next public recital.
B. A limited repeat pressure test makes air loss measurable across a defined section.
C. Mapped history links reported musical weakness with particular paths through the air system.
D. Staged recommissioning checks the repair first locally and then under complete musical demand.
E. Recorded compatible repair supports present function while preserving evidence for future care.
F. Isolation establishes both safe access and the boundary represented by each test.
G. Careful visual inspection locates signs without enlarging a possible weakness.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: C. C fits because drawings, repairs, wind trunks, demands, and symptoms map the system before testing.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: F. F fits because isolation, labels, valves, platforms, and key restrictions define safety and test boundaries.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: G. G fits because angled light, references, and no probing gather evidence without adding damage.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: B. B fits because limited pressure, time, rate, detection, and repetition make leakage measurable.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: E. E fits because compatible materials, location, conditions, and records preserve intervention history.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: D. D fits because section, connected trunks, increasing demand, and symptom comparison stage the return.
Passage 7
The Cinema Screen That Watches the Wind
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Cora Tern follows an outdoor cinema crew preparing a temporary screen whose weather rules continue after sunset.
At SkyScreen Field, NightWall Cinema manager Jules Pave checks the event forecast, site plan and the screen maker's operating limits before unloading. The plan names who reads wind data, which threshold stops assembly and which requires the screen to come down. A promising evening forecast does not remove those rules. [Gap 1] Weather limits are operating decisions agreed in advance, not arguments to begin only when the audience has arrived.
The crew surveys the marked screen area for slope, soft ground, buried-service information and the clear space specified around the structure. Anchor positions follow the approved plan and are recorded after installation. If one position cannot be used, the team pauses for an authorised alternative rather than moving the whole frame by eye. [Gap 2] Ground evidence links the temporary design with the actual field on which its loads will be supported.
During assembly, barriers keep other festival work outside the area and one supervisor controls the sequence. Frame sections are identified, connections receive their stated checks and the screen surface remains protected until the structure is ready. Nobody pulls one corner tight to correct an unverified frame error. [Gap 3] Ordered assembly allows each connection and alignment point to be confirmed before fabric begins carrying force.
The projector is positioned from measured centre and height references after the screen is stable. The crew uses a test grid to set image shape and focus, then stores those settings with the equipment position. Film credits are not used as an alignment tool because they may already contain unusual lettering. [Gap 4] A neutral grid separates projection adjustment from the artistic shape of the programme itself.
Before opening, staff walk audience entry, accessible viewing, emergency routes and the projector cable boundary in daylight and again at operating light levels. Low markers identify route edges without shining into the image. Any seat added later must remain inside the approved layout. [Gap 5] Repeating the route check in real viewing conditions finds obstacles that a bright afternoon inspection can miss.
Wind readings continue at the named position throughout the screening and enter a timed log. Jules receives alerts directly and rehearses the stop announcement with projection and front-of-house staff. If the shutdown threshold is reached, the agreed sequence begins without waiting to see whether the next gust is lower. [Gap 6] Live monitoring carries the original weather rule into a prompt coordinated response after the film starts.
Cora sees that the screen is never simply finished. Forecast rules, surveyed support, ordered assembly, neutral alignment, night route checks and continuing wind decisions hold the temporary cinema together from the first unloaded frame to the final audience departure. After the audience leaves, the crew records final wind, checks each frame section during the reverse sequence and reports any connection that behaved differently. Anchor locations are closed under the site plan. Those notes inform the next installation without assuming that another field will have the same ground or exposure.
Sentences to choose from
A. A neutral test image establishes projection geometry without borrowing shapes from the film.
B. Night-time route review tests whether the audience layout remains clear under screening conditions.
C. The festival cafe had named a fruit drink after the film's leading character.
D. A controlled assembly sequence verifies the frame before the screen surface is tensioned.
E. Continuous readings and a rehearsed stop process apply the wind threshold throughout operation.
F. Pre-agreed weather limits decide whether construction and screening may continue.
G. A surveyed support plan connects approved anchor positions with real ground conditions.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: F. F fits because the forecast, named reader, and thresholds govern assembly and later screen use.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: G. G fits because slope, ground, service, clearance, and anchor records connect plan to site.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: D. D fits because barriers, one supervisor, section identities, and connection checks precede tension.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: A. A fits because a measured test grid sets shape and focus independently of film graphics.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: B. B fits because routes are checked again under the low light used during screening.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: E. E fits because timed readings, direct alerts, and a rehearsed shutdown apply the limit live.
Passage 8
A Recipe Written for More than One Kitchen
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Omi Harth follows a neighbourhood cookbook from a remembered dish to instructions strangers can actually use.
At Wrenford Centre, Lena Pryce has received more than eighty offers for the SharedSpoon Book. Some people send neat instructions, while others describe a dish their family makes without measuring anything. Lena first asks what contributors are happy to share: the recipe alone, a name, a photograph or a short memory. They can change that choice before publication. [Gap 1] A community book should preserve voices, she says, without treating personal stories as ingredients that automatically belong to the editor.
For recipes known by habit, a volunteer sits beside the cook and records what actually happens. A 'small cup' is measured after it is filled, the heat setting is noted, and the appearance of the mixture is described at each stage. The cook then reads the draft and explains decisions that seemed too obvious to mention. [Gap 2] The written version grows from observation and conversation instead of forcing the contributor to speak like a professional recipe writer.
Every dish is made again by someone who did not provide it. Tests take place in several ordinary kitchens, using different ovens, pans and levels of experience. Volunteers report where timing, quantity or method is unclear. They do not quietly fix the food and submit a perfect result. [Gap 3] A recipe is revised when it depends on equipment, knowledge or guesswork that many readers will not share.
Photographs are taken only after the wording is stable. The food is prepared from the printed quantities, on the plate named in the notes, and without replacing a difficult step with a more attractive version. A few crumbs may be removed, but the portion is not doubled for the camera. [Gap 4] Readers should see the dish the tested instructions produce, not a separate display created only for the page.
Before printing, contributors receive their recipe, name choice, story and photograph together. This is when one family corrects the spelling of a grandmother's village and another removes a detail they no longer want included. Proofreaders check consistency, but they do not smooth every personal expression into the same voice. [Gap 5] Approval belongs to the person represented, while the editorial team remains responsible for errors and readable layout.
The paper book uses large clear type and keeps each method on as few page turns as possible. Its digital version can enlarge text and offers a simple index by main ingredient, but it is not assumed to replace print. Update notes record corrections in later copies and on the website. [Gap 6] The two formats share one approved source while responding differently to how cooks read beside a work surface.
When the book launches, Lena serves small tastes rather than recreating every dish. Contributors sign one another's pages and compare the phrases that survived editing. Omi notices that the recipes now look consistent enough to follow but not so uniform that their origins disappear. SharedSpoon succeeds not by proving that every kitchen works alike, but by doing the careful work needed for experience from one kitchen to travel honestly into another.
Sentences to choose from
A. That joint review protects both factual accuracy and the contributor's right to decide how their experience appears.
B. Linked corrections and a common approved text keep the formats aligned without pretending that they are used identically.
C. The centre had also ordered matching aprons for the volunteers serving drinks at the launch.
D. This agreement separates permission to publish the food instructions from permission to publish a person's history.
E. Those observed details turn familiar actions into guidance available to a cook who was not in the room.
F. Independent attempts expose hidden assumptions instead of allowing experienced testers to repair them silently.
G. The image is consequently evidence of the agreed method as well as an invitation to try it.
Show answer: Gap 1
Gap 1: D. D fits because contributors separately choose whether the recipe, identity, photograph, and personal memory may be published.
Show answer: Gap 2
Gap 2: E. E fits because measured habitual quantities and described visual stages make tacit actions usable by an absent cook.
Show answer: Gap 3
Gap 3: F. F fits because independent testers must report hidden assumptions rather than quietly correcting unclear instructions.
Show answer: Gap 4
Gap 4: G. G fits because the photograph uses the approved quantities and method, making it truthful evidence of the recipe.
Show answer: Gap 5
Gap 5: A. A fits because contributors review representation while editors retain responsibility for accuracy and readable presentation.
Show answer: Gap 6
Gap 6: B. B fits because print and digital versions share approved content and correction records while supporting different reading needs.
Passage 9
A Fossil Visitors Are Allowed to Hold
Some sentences have been removed from the article below. Choose from sentences A-G the one which fits each gap. There is one extra sentence you do not need.
Aria Nemm watches a museum laboratory make a handling replica while keeping the original fossil untouched and traceable.
At CastStone Lab, preparator Colin Vark begins with the fossil's collection record and a conservator's written approval. The team identifies stable and fragile areas, previous repairs and surfaces that cannot contact mould material. A visually complete fossil may still be unsuitable for casting. [Gap 1] Object condition and permission define whether the replica process may begin and which limits it must obey.
The fossil rests on a fitted support while Colin applies the approved reversible barrier to the permitted area. He tests the mould material on a separate reference surface and records product batch, mixing time and room conditions. Nothing is spread across an unapproved edge to capture one more detail. [Gap 2] Controlled separation protects the original while preserving evidence about every material that approached it.
For the mould, measured components are mixed for the specified time and applied in planned sections. Registration points help those sections return to one position later. Colin records bubbles or delayed curing instead of smoothing the note away when the surface appears acceptable. [Gap 3] A repeatable sectional mould keeps shape and production history available beyond one successful-looking impression.
Once cured, the mould is released in the written direction while the fossil remains supported. Two people watch fragile areas and stop if movement appears. The original is inspected immediately after removal, before the mould or tools leave the bench. [Gap 4] A controlled release and prompt condition check place the safety of the source object ahead of progress on the copy.
Casting material receives its own measured batch code and is poured into the supported mould. After curing, the replica is compared with reference photographs and known dimensions. Small casting seams may be finished, but missing fossil detail is not invented to make the replica more dramatic. [Gap 5] Source comparison distinguishes faithful reproduction from later work added only to improve appearance.
The finished cast carries a replica number linked to the original fossil, mould, materials and date. Its handling label explains scale, reconstructed areas and the fact that it is a copy. Damage during education sessions enters the replica record, not the original object's condition file. [Gap 6] Linked but separate documentation lets visitors handle the cast without confusing its history with that of the fossil.
Aria learns that a museum replica is useful because it differs from the original in carefully controlled, clearly visible ways. Before the cast enters the public gallery, she follows its record back through every stage and can see why a small reconstructed area is marked rather than hidden. Visitors will therefore know what their fingers are exploring and which details survive from the source specimen. Permission, barriers, measured moulding, safe release, comparison and clear labelling allow touch while preserving both the fossil and the honesty of the interpretation.
Sentences to choose from
A. Measured sectional moulding preserves both the intended shape and the history of its production.
B. The museum cafe had introduced biscuits shaped like dinosaur footprints.
C. Condition approval establishes whether the original can be moulded and where contact is allowed.
D. Replica and original records remain connected without treating their later condition histories as one.
E. Reference comparison prevents finishing work from becoming invented fossil information.
F. Reversible barriers and recorded material tests separate the source object from the mould process.
G. Supported release followed by immediate inspection gives source safety priority over casting progress.
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Gap 1: C. C fits because collection history, stability, repairs, and written approval determine whether and where casting may occur.
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Gap 2: F. F fits because fitted support, reversible barrier, reference tests, and batch records protect source contact.
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Gap 3: A. A fits because measured mixtures, planned sections, registration points, and defect notes preserve mould production.
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Gap 4: G. G fits because the written release direction, two observers, stop rule, and immediate inspection protect the fossil.
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Gap 5: E. E fits because reference photographs and dimensions limit finishing to casting seams rather than invented detail.
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Gap 6: D. D fits because linked identifiers keep replica handling damage separate from original fossil condition.
Passage 10
A Boat Name That Reads from the Bank
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Nora Kelm visits a signwriter painting the name Silver Reed on both sides of a canal boat.
At Letterwake Workshop, signwriter Joss Pate was preparing to paint Silver Reed on a canal boat. He first cleaned the chosen panel and examined its surface from several angles. An old repair had left one area slightly raised, while a metal fitting interrupted the space near the stern. Joss measured the usable area and asked the owner to confirm the exact spelling and home-port text in writing. [Gap 1] Good lettering could not rescue a name placed across damage, an obstacle or an unconfirmed word.
Joss drew the design at full size on paper rather than enlarging a small sketch by eye. He taped the paper to the boat, then walked along the bank and viewed it from the opposite side of the canal. The first version looked balanced close up, but its narrow final letters disappeared beside the dark window frame. [Gap 2] Distance revealed that the design needed a shorter line and wider spacing at one end.
After revising the paper, Joss marked a level baseline and a few vertical reference points on the panel. He transferred the main letter positions with light removable marks, leaving the curves to be drawn by hand. The guides did not outline every brush movement. [Gap 3] They held the name in place while allowing the painted shapes to remain lively rather than mechanical.
The first coat established solid colour but did not provide the finished edge or shine. Joss waited for the correct drying stage before adding another coat and stopped when damp air arrived in the afternoon. Covering soft paint or continuing in poor conditions could have marked the surface. [Gap 4] The weather determined the pace even though the owner was eager to see the result completed.
The name had to appear on both sides of the boat. Joss measured each version from fixed features such as the window and stern line, not from the end of a temporary rope. He used the same paper layout but checked how nearby fittings changed the available space on the second side. [Gap 5] The two names matched in character and height without being placed blindly against different surroundings.
When the paint had fully set, Joss removed guide marks, inspected the edges and photographed each side straight on and from the bank. He recorded the paint colours and retained the paper layout in the job folder. The owner received advice on cleaning the panel without wearing the painted surface. [Gap 6] Those records would support later repair without asking a future signwriter to reconstruct every choice from memory.
From across the canal, Silver Reed looked as if it had always belonged below the window. The name seemed simple because its measurements, viewing tests, drying pauses and records had disappeared into the final painted line.
Sentences to choose from
A. Measuring from permanent features allowed the two sides to agree while respecting their differences.
B. The initial inspection connected the requested words with the real surface available for them.
C. Light reference marks controlled position without replacing the signwriter’s hand.
D. A cafe boat farther along the canal was putting tables onto its roof deck.
E. Testing the paper design at viewing distance exposed a weakness hidden at close range.
F. Allowing each layer and the weather enough time protected the quality of the painted finish.
G. Photographs, colour notes and the saved layout preserved information for future care.
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Gap 1: B. B refers to the raised repair, metal fitting, measurements, and confirmed spelling and explains why surface and wording are checked together.
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Gap 2: E. E refers to viewing the full-size paper from across the canal and explains why spacing changes after the test.
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Gap 3: C. C refers to the baseline and reference points and explains how guides position the design without outlining every brush stroke.
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Gap 4: F. F refers to drying stages, damp air, and the risk of covering soft paint and explains why work pauses.
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Gap 5: A. A refers to measuring each side from windows and stern lines and explains how matched lettering adapts to different fittings.
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Gap 6: G. G refers to final photographs, paint colours, and the retained paper layout and explains their value for later repair.