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Level C1

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

Science and Global Challenges

Science has long been regarded (0) AS one of the most powerful tools available to humanity, especially when societies are faced with problems that cross national borders. Climate change, food insecurity and global health threats are issues (1) .......... no single country can solve alone. What science offers is not simply knowledge, but a method (2) .......... which evidence can be gathered, tested and applied. In recent decades, international research teams have worked together (3) .......... order to develop vaccines, improve crop production and design cleaner sources of energy. Progress is rarely immediate; however, even small discoveries can lead (4) .......... major advances when shared widely. Science also helps policymakers, who must often act (5) .......... the basis of reliable data rather than public opinion or political instinct. That said, scientific knowledge by itself is not enough. If governments fail to invest in research, or if findings are ignored, opportunities may be lost. The greatest successes tend to come about when scientists work closely with communities and explain not only (6) .......... should be done, but why. In this way, science becomes more (7) .......... a specialised activity: it becomes a shared effort to protect the future. Whether humanity will respond quickly enough remains uncertain, but without science, many global problems would be far harder to deal (8) ..........

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

Gauthier De

@gauthier-de

User Prompt

"Create an exercise about the role of science in solving global problems"

Tone: Standard
Level: C1

Created on:

Jun 1, 2026

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