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Use of English Part 1 Multiple choice cloze
For questions 1-12 read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at nought position.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
0 A conjoins B conjures C holds D builds
Bukowski’s Legacy
Bukowski, the name …size=75[/size] up many images more than likely …size=75[/size] by himself.
The last quarter of the last century was a difficult time for poetry. While academics executed poetry, hanging it in universities, the media …size=75[/size] lyricists as modern day poets. There are those of a certain school who without passion write words of subtle lines, stand around giggling and drinking wine. No passion. Bukowski …size=75[/size] everything with passion and they loathed him for it. Fact is, poetry without passion is like two people lying in bed …size=75[/size] who should get on top, a problem that Bukowski and his lady friends probably did not have. You can feel the life, passion, highs and lows of Bukowski when reading his work. It lives and breathes, it is not subtle in any form.
Today he is more popular than ever, translated into 12 languages. Bukowski the loner, the lonely man whose life was full of women wrote fiction and poetry. He wrote what it was, never …size=75[/size] what the elitists thought. He was not a loveable character – misogynist, self proclaimed tough guy, two-fisted drinker, yet through all his writings known and unknown, a loneliness and tenderness …size=75[/size] up through the hard …size=75[/size] of cement. So, while the great academics with the subtle lines …size=75[/size] into history, it is Bukowski from that generation who stands alone, yes the gambling, womanising drunk, hard living bastard whose words will be immortal. He just wasn’t the type of guy to enter the arena and fade away. And today, here we are seventeen years after his death, …size=75[/size] of Charles Bukowski still in the arena. Bukowski’s headstone simply has …size=75[/size] upon it. “Don’t try.” It is excellent advice to writers of any genre…size=75[/size]. Write with passion, not with formula.
In a recent interview with A.D. W., he gave the best advice, “I’d say just be yourself and don’t be afraid of taking chances, and for Christ Sake, quit trying to …size=75[/size] Bukowski.”
There it is in a nutshell. Be true to yourself, not an imitation. Love him or hate him, it is Bukowski’s legacy to writers and poets.
- A drawn B composed C drafted D created
- A declared B madeC announcedD interpreted
- A got B made C did D took
- A debating B hoping C advising D waiting
- A talking B minding C watching D caring
- A raises B bubbles C busts D bursts
- A skull B core C wall D mind
- A disperse B fade C dissolve D vanish
- A thinking B speaking C talking D discussing
- A engraved B carved C chiselled D seared
- A subject B topic C issue D genre
- A replicate B imitate C counterfeit D forge
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