Saturday, 2 May 2015

CLOZE TEST: MY NEW SWEATER

Here you have a cloze test, you have to fill in the gaps with the correct word.
The key is below the test.
Have a nice weekend!

MY NEW SWEATER

Alice was not satisfied. She had (1) ________ a sweater from a chain store and when she (2) ________ washed it, the colour had run and the sweater itself had shrunk, even (3) ________ she had followed the washing instructions exactly. When she took it (4) ________, the salesgirl looked at it suspiciously. “You (5) _______ have washed it in boiling water”, she said. Alice (6) ________ her she had used lukewarm water, just as the label said she she should. Since the salesgirl still (7) _______ to exchange the sweater, Alice insisted (8) _______ seeing the manager. The manager was not very helpful (9) _______ . He did not want to admit that sweater was not really washable. Suddenly Alice noticed a poster (10) _______ the wall. It was an advertisement for the store. It said, “We give our (11) _______ satisfaction!” Alice (12) _______ to it and asked if it really (13) _______ what it said. The manager looked embarrassed. Then he (14) _______ to notice some thing. The sweater had a flaw. One of the threads was a different colour (15) _______ the others. Then he said they (16) _______ exchange the sweater after (17) _______. But he emphasised this was only (18) _______ of the flaw. Alice stared but could not (19) _______. However, she smiled and said nothing. She had got (20) _______ she wanted. 


KEY
1. bought 
2. had 
3. though 
4. back 
5. must 
6. told 
7. refused 
8. on 
9. either 
10. on 
11. customers 
12. pointed 
13. meant 
14. appeared 
15. from 
16. would 
17. all 
18. because 
19. see 
20. what

 

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