Use of English - Multiple Choice
C2
Cambridge English C2 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.
Tailored Education
The idea of tailoring education to the individual is hardly new, but recent advances in technology have given it fresh (0) IMPETUS. For decades, teachers have tried to adapt lessons to suit differing abilities, interests and rates of progress. What has changed is the scale at which this can now be (1) .......... out. Digital platforms can gather data on how learners respond to tasks, allowing systems to identify strengths, diagnose weaknesses and even (2) .......... future difficulties before they become entrenched. Advocates argue that this makes it possible to move away from a one-size-fits-all model and towards an approach more closely (3) .......... to each learner's needs. Critics, however, warn that enthusiasm for innovation should be (4) .......... by caution. Not all learning can be reduced to measurable patterns, and there is a risk that excessive reliance on algorithms may (5) .......... teachers' professional judgement. Even so, personalized learning has already had a profound (6) .......... on curriculum design, assessment and classroom practice. Its future will depend not only on technical sophistication but also on whether schools can (7) .......... a balance between efficiency and human insight. If they can, education may become more responsive, more inclusive and better (8) .......... to preparing students for a complex world.
About Use of English Multiple Choice — Cambridge English C2
This is a Cambridge English C2 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 C2 exercises like this builds the instinct to choose the right option quickly in the real exam.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many questions does this C2 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.