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Level C1

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.

The Birth of the Internet

The internet, (0) NOW an essential part of daily life, did not appear overnight. Its origins can be traced back to research projects in the United States during the 1960s. At that stage, computers were enormous machines that (1) .......... only be used by a small number of specialists, and few people imagined that they (2) .......... one day become part of ordinary domestic life. One of the main concerns of researchers was that information (3) .......... still be exchanged even if part of a network failed. To solve this problem, systems were designed so that messages (4) .......... travel along different routes. This principle later proved crucial to the development of the internet as we know it. By the 1980s, more institutions had joined these networks, but the public (5) .......... not yet access them easily. It was only when the World Wide Web was introduced that non-specialists (6) .......... begin to use the system with confidence. Since then, the internet (7) .......... transformed communication, education and commerce in ways that earlier scientists could hardly have predicted. Even today, new questions arise about how it (8) .......... be regulated in the future.

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

Bejenaru Alexandru

@bejenaru-alexandru

User Prompt

"Generate an exercise about the invention of the internet, in which the gaps focus on practising auxiliary and modal verbs."

Tone: Standard
Level: C1

Created on:

May 11, 2026

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