EOI – COMPRENSIÓN ESCRITA – COMPLETAR HUECOS CON PALABRAS

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

 

 0 A predictable B steady    C respectable   D main

 

Home and abroad

 

After a short time living in a foreign country, I noticed conversations with locals assumed a (0) …predictable… pattern. There were standard answers to the usual questions. Most questions caused little (1)…………….. – it was rather like dancing, where both partners know how to avoid (2)……………..on each other’s toes.

 

But, ‘When are you going home?’ was a question I (3)……………..to answer, whenever I (4)…………….. my life and the direction it seemed to be (5)……………… . In the last ten years, I had lived in a dozen countries. And I had travelled through dozens more; usually in (6)…………….. of a purpose or a person; occasionally to see the attractions.

 

This kind of travel is not (7)…………….. wandering, but is the extensive exploration of a wide (8)…………….. of cultures. However, it doesn’t allow you to put down roots. At the back of your mind, though, is the idea of home, the place you came from.