Self-study 1 Task

Task 8.2. READING. For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.

AUDIOBOOKS - BOOKS ON CASSETTE
In the modern world, there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from Entertainment industries (1)_______for your leisure time. You can watch TV, listen to music, go to an art gallery or concert or, of course, read a book. Sometimes it seems that reading is (2) _______ because, (3) _______ you’re a fast reader, it can take a (4) _______amount of time to finish a novel, for example. But in the (5)_______ world, time is something that can be in short supply.
Book publishers haven’t been (6) _______ to realize this and are now selling a product which needn’t (7) _______ as much of your time but still tells you an excellent story. The new product is the audio book - cassette recordings of shortened novels, often read by well-known personalities or the authors themselves. Audio books are (8) _______ new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing (9) _______One of the attractions of audio books is that they’re (10) _______ listening to the radio, only better. You can listen to what you want when you want, and you won't ever (11) _______anything. Much of their appeal (12) _______ in their flexibility. They (13) _______ you to do other things while you're listening, such as driving or (14) _______ the housework. For some people, audio books can be a much more enjoyable way of (15) _______ knowledge than reading.

1. A chase B compete C oppose D pursue

2. A neglected B declined C lessened D disposed
3. A in spite B no matter C regardless of D even if
4. A plentiful B broad C considerable D lasting
5. A current B new C present D modern
6. A behind B slow C delayed D overdue
7. A take up B fill out C go through D pass by
8. A partly B approximately C roughly D relatively
9. A ever since then B all the time C up until now D from then on
10. A as B same C like D both
11. A pass B lack C miss D lose
12. A stands ’ B belongs C bases D lies
13. A grant B allow C spare D afford
14. A doing B running C making D cleaning
15. A grasping B catching C gaining D raising