Use of English Vocabulary Test F

(Please note: Questions 1-15 are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

On Your Bike!

If you are getting fed up wasting time looking for parking space, my __(1)__ to you is to consider the bicycle as an alternative __(2)__of transport.

If you are getting fed up wasting time looking for parking space, my __(1)__ to you is to consider the bicycle as an alternative __(2)__of transport.

Cycling is probably the cheapest and healthiest way of getting __(3)__ in our congested city centers.

__(4)__ it is convenient and environmentally desirable, it can be an unattractive __(5)__ on a cold wintry morning.

__(4)__ it is convenient and environmentally desirable, it can be an unattractive __(5)__ on a cold wintry morning.

It is much easier to __(6)__ onto a nice warm bus or jump into your car, __(7)__ the sight of cyclists as they weave their way in and out of the traffic may fill you with __(8)__ as you sit waiting in yet __(9)__ traffic jam.

It is much easier to __(6)__ onto a nice warm bus or jump into your car, __(7)__ the sight of cyclists as they weave their way in and out of the traffic may fill you with __(8)__ as you sit waiting in yet __(9)__ traffic jam.

It is much easier to __(6)__ onto a nice warm bus or jump into your car, __(7)__ the sight of cyclists as they weave their way in and out of the traffic may fill you with __(8)__ as you sit waiting in yet __(9)__ traffic jam.

It is much easier to __(6)__ onto a nice warm bus or jump into your car, __(7)__ the sight of cyclists as they weave their way in and out of the traffic may fill you with __(8)__ as you sit waiting in yet __(9)__ traffic jam.

In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s __(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars.

In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s __(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars.

In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s __(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars.

In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s __(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars.

In spite of the __(10)__ that worsening pollution is getting many people __(11)__, causing more and more health problems, and __(12)__ it is fashionable to express one’s __(13)__ of the environmentally safe bicycle, it is hard to __(14)__ the danger cyclists face in sharing the road with cars.

__(15)__ cycling is not as risky as it looks at first sight, there are more and more accidents involving cyclists.