Each lending box is checked before it leaves the museum and again when it returns. Teachers are asked to report (9) .......... anything has been damaged, even when the problem seems minor. This is not because the replicas are especially fragile, (10) .......... because the museum wants to understand how they are being used.
The objects are accompanied by notes, (11) .......... are written for teachers rather than students. The notes suggest questions but do not tell teachers (12) .......... they must run a lesson. A school may keep a box for two weeks, (13) .......... it can request an extension if no other class has booked it.
The curator responsible for the scheme has noticed that students are often more willing to ask questions (14) .......... they are allowed to handle an object. (15) .......... a result, the museum is considering adding more everyday items. The next decision is (16) .......... to make some boxes available during school holidays.
Feedback forms show that teachers value the chance to adapt a box rather than follow a fixed script. The museum uses this information when deciding which objects should be copied next and which supporting notes need improvement.
Staff visit a few classes to see how the materials are used. These visits reveal details forms cannot capture and lead to improvements in the notes.
Each lending box is checked before it leaves the museum and again when it returns. Teachers are asked to report (9) .......... anything has been damaged, even when the problem seems minor. This is not because the replicas are especially fragile, (10) .......... because the museum wants to understand how they are being used.
The objects are accompanied by notes, (11) .......... are written for teachers rather than students. The notes suggest questions but do not tell teachers (12) .......... they must run a lesson. A school may keep a box for two weeks, (13) .......... it can request an extension if no other class has booked it.
The curator responsible for the scheme has noticed that students are often more willing to ask questions (14) .......... they are allowed to handle an object. (15) .......... a result, the museum is considering adding more everyday items. The next decision is (16) .......... to make some boxes available during school holidays.
Feedback forms show that teachers value the chance to adapt a box rather than follow a fixed script. The museum uses this information when deciding which objects should be copied next and which supporting notes need improvement.
Staff visit a few classes to see how the materials are used. These visits reveal details forms cannot capture and lead to improvements in the notes.
Question 9
Exam guide & reading text▾
Museum object-lending scheme — Part 2: Open Cloze
"Museum object-lending scheme" targets the Open Cloze (Part 2) of the Cambridge C1 Proficiency exam. Unlike Part 1, no options are provided — you must supply single words (articles, prepositions, auxiliaries, pronouns, conjunctions or discourse markers) that complete the text grammatically and logically. Scan each gap for the grammatical slot it occupies: is it linking clauses, marking reference, or completing a fixed structure? Small words carry heavy weight at C2 level.
Each lending box is checked before it leaves the museum and again when it returns. Teachers are asked to report (9) .......... anything has been damaged, even when the problem seems minor. This is not because the replicas are especially fragile, (10) .......... because the museum wants to understand how they are being used.
The objects are accompanied by notes, (11) .......... are written for teachers rather than students. The notes suggest questions but do not tell teachers (12) .......... they must run a lesson. A school may keep a box for two weeks, (13) .......... it can request an extension if no other class has booked it.
The curator responsible for the scheme has noticed that students are often more willing to ask questions (14) .......... they are allowed to handle an object. (15) .......... a result, the museum is considering adding more everyday items. The next decision is (16) .......... to make some boxes available during school holidays.
Feedback forms show that teachers value the chance to adapt a box rather than follow a fixed script. The museum uses this information when deciding which objects should be copied next and which supporting notes need improvement.
Staff visit a few classes to see how the materials are used. These visits reveal details forms cannot capture and lead to improvements in the notes.