Tuyển tập CPE Open Cloze tests (20 tests) Mã A685735

Fill in the blanks with only one word

Distance learning is becoming more popular in our society. However, this system dates back to as

as 1728, when an advertisement was published seeking students who wanted to

receive lessons by regular post.

Some time , in 1858, the University of London was the first university to offer

distance-learning degrees. The largest university in the United Kingdom using this method is the Open

University. There are now many similar institutions the world with this same name.

its primary delivery methodologies, it used television and radio. In the twentieth

century, the Internet helped to expand the system to more students.

In fact, the technology used may be divided two groups: synchronous and

asynchronous. The former allows all participants to be connected at the time with

their tutor. The offers the students the possibility of using the materials

independently, on their schedule.

Distance education provides great benefits to those cannot attend a school because

they live too far or have limited mobility. It also gives adults the opportunity to keep

learning during their free time.

For questions 1-15, read the text below and type the word which best fits in each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example below: (0) as

Global English

Global English exists (0) ... a political and cultural reality. Many misguided theories attempt to explain why the English language should have succeeded internationally, whilst (1) ... have not. Is it because there is (2) ... inherently logical or beautiful about the structure of English? Does its simple grammar (3) ... it easy to learn? Such ideas are misconceived. Latin was once a major international language, despite having a complicated grammatical structure, and English also presents learners (4) ... all manner of real difficulties, (5) ... least its spelling system. Ease (6) ... learning, therefore, has little to (7) ... with it. (8) ... all, children learn to speak their mother tongue in approximately the same period of time, (9) ... of their language. English has spread not so (10) ... for linguistic reasons, but rather because it has often found (11) ... in the right place, at the right time. (12) ... the 1960s, two major developments have contributed to strengthening this global status. Firstly, in a number of countries, English is now used in addition to national or regional languages. As (13) ... as this, an electronic revolution has taken (14) ... . It is estimated that (15) ... the region of 80% of worldwide electronic communication is now in English.

Complete the text using one word in each space.

The death of the High Street It is often the case (0) that the principal street of an English town or city is

called the High Street, and in the past it (1) have been there that people used to meet, do business and go shopping. However, over the last

few decades, Britain, (2) other developed countries, has seen

“giant” supermarkets and major new shopping centres springing (3)

on the outskirts of urban areas or in locations which are (4) reached by car and which have ample parking. The appearance of these new temples

of retailing is (5) the result and the cause of the phenomenon (6)

as the “death of the High Street”, a consequence of the fact that

town or city centres had become ever (7) inconvenient both for the

retailers themselves and for (8) customers. Once offered an alternative, shoppers and motorists were quick to flock to more modern and better-designed suburban shopping facilities, taking their business with them and so inevitably accelerating the closure of many of the smaller and most

traditional shops, (9) as butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers.

These (10) then replaced by the ubiquitous “charity shops”, small

retail outlets run (11) non-profit organisations selling second-hand

items given free by their supporters. These shops occupy (12) were formerly prime locations in the High Street, but may …