General Election called in the UK

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Cambridge Advanced (CAE) Use of English Practice

This exercise gives you practice in the cloze exercises where you have to modify words

to complete the text. Complete the gaps using the correct form of the word given in

bold.

1) Dissolve

2) Elect

3) History

4) Economy

5) Determine

6) Liable

7) Sincere

8) Comment

9) Major

10) Enthuse

11) Lead

12) Authority

13) Oppose

14) Defend

It was announced yesterday that the British prime minister

had been to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen for a 1) _____

of parliament, and that the general 2) _____ would be in May.

If Tony Blair wins, it will be a 3) _____ victory, as he will be

the first Labour leader to win three terms. He will campaign

on 4) _____ stability, but the other parties have shown their

5) _____ to make Blair the focus, with his broken promises.

In fact, many believe that he is now a 6) _____ to his party

because of the anger over the Iraq war and questions about his

7) _____.

However, most political 8) _____ are predicting a victory for

his party, but with a reduced 9) _____. Many within his party

feel little 10) _____ about his 11) _____ and would prefer it

if he had stepped down; many feel that he has become

increasingly 12) _____ . Attacks from the 13) _____ parties

have put him on the 14) _____, but now the real campaign has

begun, the possible results are very uncertain.