CAE reading comprehension exercise (CAE)

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).


Our obsession with recording every detail of our happiest moments could be 0 damaging our ability to remember them, according to new research.

Dr Linda Henkel, from Fairfield University, Connecticut, described this as the ‘photo-taking impairment effect’. She said, ‘People often whip out their cameras almost mindlessly to 1_____a moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening 2_____in front of them.’ When people rely on technology to remember for them — 3_____on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to 4_____attend to it fully themselves — it can have a negative 5_____on how well they remember their experiences.

In Dr Henkel’s experiment, a group of university students were 6_____on a tour of a museum and asked to either photograph or try to remember objects on display. The next day each student’s memory was tested. The results showed that people were less 7_____in recognising the objects they had photographed 8_____with those they had only looked at.


1 A seize B grasp C capture D snatch

2 A quite B right          C merely D barely

3 A counting   B settling C assuming       D swearing

4 A engage      B apply C attend            D dedicate

5 A result         B aspect C extent D impact

6 A steered B run             C led D conveyed

7 A accurate B faithful     C exact      D factual

8 A measured B compared   C matched      D confronted


ANSWER KEY 


1 A seize B grasp C capture D snatch

2 A quite B right          C merely D barely

3 A counting   B settling C assuming       D swearing

4 A engage      B apply C attend            D dedicate

5 A result         B aspect C extent D impact

6 A steered B run             C led D conveyed

7 A accurate B faithful     C exact      D factual

8 A measured B compared   C matched      D confronted




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