CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH / ADVANCED / CAE / USE OF ENGLISH / open Cloze
For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
The Great Depression
The Wall Street collapse of September-October 1929 and the Great Depression (1) ... followed it were (2) ... the most important events of the twentieth century. They made the Second World War possible, though not inevitable, and by undermining confidence in the efficacy of the market and the capitalist system, they helped to explain (3) ... the absurdly inefficient and murderous system of Soviet communism survived for (4) ... long.
Indeed, it could be argued that the ultimate emotional and intellectual consequences of the Great Depression were not finally erased (5) ... the mind of humanity (6) ... the end of the 1980s, (7) ... the Soviet collectivist alternative (8) ... capitalism crumbled in hopeless ruin and the entire world accepted there was no substitute for the market. Granted the importance of these events , then, the failure of historians to explain either their magnitude or duration is one of the great mysteries of modern historiography.
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answer keys
RELATIVE PRONOUN | WHICH/THAT |
Used after a noun to show what thing or things you mean: Houses which/that overlook the lake cost more. |
PREPOSITION | AMONG/AMONGST |
Being included or happening in groups of things or people: A British woman was among/amongst the survivors. |
ADVERB | WHY |
Used in questions to ask the reason for or purpose of something: She has no idea why the desktop isn't working. |
ADVERB | SO/THAT |
Used to show the size, amount or number of something: There are only so/that many book in the library. |
VERB + PREPOSITION | ERASE FROM |
To remove something completely: All doubts were suddenly erased from his mind.. |
CONJUNCTION | UNTIL/TILL |
Up to the point in time or the event mentioned: You're not going out until/till you've finished this. |
CONJUNCTION | WHEN/THAT |
At or during the time that: I loved history when I was at school. |
NOUN + PREPOSITION | ALTERNATIVE TO |
Something you can choose to do or use instead of something else: Is there a viable alternative to the present system? |