CEPT Practice B2 Level Multiple choice gap fill about a musician is discovered

 

A musician is discovered 

When Jimmy Yates was a small boy, his family spent their holidays on his grandfather’s farm. This was in a valley (1)_____ by mountains. It was during one of these visits that Jimmy's (2)______ to remember a tune led to the suggestion that the boy should (3)______ a musical instrument. One evening a discussion (4)_____ among the adults about the differences between two hit songs. His father tried to prove the (5)______ of the two tunes by playing them, not very well, on his gutter. No one thought that Jimmy, who was only five, was listening, but suddenly he made his (6)______ to the ancient piano which stood in the corner and played first one of the tunes and then the other. The family was amazed (7)_____ no one had heard him play any music before. In this way, Jimmy's musical (8)_____ began. 

1 

A surrounded

B closed

C held

D circled 

2 

A talent

B gift

C ability

D skill 

3 

A take up

B start up

C pick up

D join up 

4 

A happened

B came

C entered

D arose 

5 

A comparison

B closeness 

C likeness 

D similarity 

6 

A path

B way

C route

D line 

7 

A so

B although 

C when

D as 

8 

A work

B living

C career

D study

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1 A 

2 C 

3A 

4 D 

5 D 

6 B 

7 D 

8 C