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Level B2

Part 2 - Open Cloze

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For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.

Jobs and Automation

Reports about the future of work often focus (0) ON one uncomfortable question: how many jobs will disappear because of AI and automation? While new roles may be created, many workers fear that the transition will not be smooth (1) .......... fair. In some industries, tasks that used to require a human are already being done by software, and companies adopt these tools (2) .......... they reduce costs. For employees, the problem is not only losing a job, but also the time it takes to retrain. People in mid-career may find it harder to start again, especially (3) .......... they have families to support. Governments talk about reskilling programmes, yet funding is often limited and the courses offered are not always linked (4) .......... real vacancies. Meanwhile, firms can move faster than public policy, and the result is that whole communities may be left (5) .......... stable work. Even those who keep their jobs may feel less secure, as employers can use automation as a reason to freeze wages or cut hours. Unless society prepares (6) .......... this shift, the gap between those who benefit and those who struggle will grow. The question is not (7) .......... change will happen, but how quickly it will arrive—and who will pay the price (8) .......... it.

What to do

This part consists of a short text with a series of gaps. There are no words from which to choose the answers, candidates have to think of a word which fits the gap correctly.

Errors in punctuation are ignored, although spelling must be correct.

Contractions (e.g. don’t, we’ve, won’t) count as two words. However, can’t is a contraction of cannot, which is one word.

Sometimes, there is more than one correct answer. Cambridge will always account for this and all options will be accepted. However, you should not write more than one answer.

Don't spend time in a word you don't know. Wasting time on this activity might cost you points later in the exam because you won’t have enough time to do other tasks well.

Strategy

  1. Read the title and the whole text so that you understand what it is about.
  2. Read the whole sentence in which the gap occurs, to look for clues as to what kind of word you need.
  3. Check the words before and after each gap and look for grammatical collocations.
  4. Remember you must write only one word.
  5. You are never required to write a contraction. If you think the answer is a contraction, it must be wrong, so think again.
  6. Read the whole text through once you have completed it to make sure you have not missed any connectors, plurals or negatives.

Instructions

For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap.

Exercise Details

Author

TCK Systems LLC

@tcksystems

User Prompt

"Create an exercise about the number of jobs that will be lost because of AI and automation."

Tone: Pessimistic
Level: B2

Created on:

Feb 23, 2026

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