Use of English - Multiple Choice
B2
Cambridge English B2 Exam
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. Click the gaps to type your answer.
Privacy and Security
In the digital age, people are often told that giving up a little privacy is a fair price to pay for greater safety. Governments and technology companies argue that collecting data can help (0) PREVENT crime, identify threats and protect the public. However, many citizens are not fully aware of how much personal information they (1) .......... away every day when they use apps, shop online or travel with smart devices. The debate becomes more difficult because both sides have strong arguments. On the one hand, security services need to (2) .......... out investigations quickly and effectively. On the other hand, if surveillance is too widespread, people may feel that their private lives are being constantly (3) .......... into. As a result, trust in public institutions can (4) .......... down. Experts often point out that the real challenge is to strike the right (5) .......... between freedom and protection. Clear laws, independent checks and open discussion can all play a (6) .......... in making systems fairer. Without these safeguards, measures introduced for safety may gradually (7) .......... into tools of control. In the end, societies must decide how much monitoring they are prepared to (8) .......... in exchange for security.
About Use of English Multiple Choice — Cambridge English B2
This is a Cambridge English B2 Use of English Multiple Choice exercise. Read the text and decide which word — A, B, C or D — best fits each of the 8 gaps.
Multiple Choice questions test your vocabulary in context: collocations, phrasal verbs, linking words and words with similar but slightly different meanings. Practising B2 exercises like this builds the instinct to choose the right option quickly in the real exam.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many questions does this B2 Multiple Choice exercise have?
It has 8 gaps, and each gap gives you four options (A–D) to choose from.
What does Cambridge Use of English Multiple Choice test?
It focuses on vocabulary in context — collocations, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases and words that look similar but are not interchangeable.
How can I get better at Multiple Choice?
Read widely, learn words together with the words they combine with, and always read the whole sentence — including the words after the gap — before choosing your answer.
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What to do
In this part, you read a text with eight gaps and choose the best word from four options to fit each gap.
Nothing prepares you for this test better than reading.
Read a lot. Candidates who often read in English (for work, for fun) find this part of the test manageable, while those who never read tend to find it very hard.
If you are 100% sure that two of the 4 choices are completely identical, then neither can be the answer. There is always only one word that fits grammatically and has the right meaning.
Usually the correct option will be part of a fixed phrase or collocation, a phrasal verb, a connector or the only word that fits grammatically in the gap.
Strategy
- Read the title and the whole text quickly to understand its general meaning before you attempt the task.
- Check the words before and after the gap.
- Choose the best option.
- When you have finished, read the text again with the words inserted to check that it makes sense.