C2 Proficiency (CPE) >> Open Cloze Worksheets >> The second part of the 'Reading and Use of English' paper in the C2 Proficiency Examination is open cloze, in which students must use only one word to fill each space in a short text. The required words are usually grammatical, such as pronouns, articles, relative pronouns, prepositions, auxiliary verbs and so on.
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Open Cloze Worksheet 6
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. Don't move that bit of wood, John. It's acting _____________ a barrier to the water that will come down there.
2. Aunt Anna is very close to me, almost _____________ an elder sister to me.
3. Police visited the address late last night and _____________ possession of the new car whose ownership is disputed.
4. I don't understand what you're saying. Maybe I'm confused, but I don't get it. I don't get it at _____________.
5. His personal assistant was held in very high regard, not so _____________ for the work she did, but for her happy attitude that brightened up the office.
6. I don't like this jazz music, mom. Put on _____________ different.
7. When I think of Easter, my mind conjures _____________ images of a large chocolate rabbit that my dog, Scotty, ate on Easter Sunday many years ago.
8. After today's rail crash, the local police said they would help with the investigation into _____________ happened.
