C1 Advanced (CAE) >> Open Cloze Worksheets >> The second part of the Reading & Use of English paper in the C1 Advanced Examination is open cloze, in which students use one word to fill each space in a short text. The required words are usually grammatical, such as pronouns, articles, prepositions, auxiliary verbs and so on.
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Open Cloze Worksheet 22
For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at the words both before and after each space.
1. ____________ are many different ways to approach this problem.
2. She always cheers ____________ when I mention our upcoming holiday.
3. She owns so ____________ books that she had to buy new bookshelves.
4. He decided to invest ____________ a new business venture.
5. The manager gave bonuses to those ____________ had exceeded their sales targets.
6. The drawbacks of fast foods like chips and crisps are that ____________ are high in calories and low in nutrients.
7. The dog chased ____________ tail for several minutes before getting tired.
8. The festival's events were spread ____________ over the three days of a long weekend.
