CLOZE 2

Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box. Use each word once only

(A) few         (D) a (G) in (K) one    (N) on
(B) much (E) its (H) his (L) from (P) for
(C) would (F) to (J) few (M) many (Q) the

Carl and his brother were planning to go on a cruise to Malaysia. There were three main cruise companies for them to choose ___1___. They were Starry Cruise, Medi Cruise and Victoria cruise. Over the weekend, Carl and his brother looked through ___2___ websites of each cruise company for more information.

The first one Carl checked up ___3___ was Starry cruise. It was a Malaysia-owned company, hence most of ___4___ destinations were in Malaysia. They included Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Langkawi. They did have one that traveled right up to Thailand. The cruises ranged from two nights to five nights.

The next website Carl visited was the Medi Cruise ___5___ . This was an American-owned company so their destinations were mostly in North America. However, ___6___ of the cruise packages were fly-cruise ones. This meant that one would have to take an airplane to another location in order to board the ship so it ___7___ be more expensive.

The last website was Victoria Cruise's. This was also an American-owned company. They, too, had fly-cruise packages. They only had two available cruises that departed Singapore. They were Asian cruises and lasted fourteen to sixteen days. Each was quite costly due to its long duration.

After ___8___ consideration, Carl and his brother decided to opt for a Starry Cruise package. It was the most affordable. They read further about the ship's facilities. There was a cinema, casino, swimming pool, rock-climbing wall, gymnasium, restaurants and even a shopping center all on board ! They were excited and decided ___9___ book a four-night cruise that took them to Kuala Lumpur. This package even had a day of land shopping when the ship docked ___10___ refueling. The brothers could not wait.

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