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Open Cloze Exercise 21

For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look carefully at the words both before and after each space.

1. Your exams are only two weeks away children! With this ______________ mind, I have decided we can do a practice test today.

2. The Earth could be faced ______________ serious climate problems unless governments worldwide take strong action.

3. I don't mind the cold so much, but in damp weather, I am prone ______________ suffer painful joints, especially the wrists.

4. As the weather deteriorated, the mountain ranger stated that boys had ______________ chance of survival overnight.

5. The two parents stood silently in the departure lounge. "Come on Meg, let's go home. If you wait here looking sad long ______________, you'll see them return from their vacation!"

6. You have been looking so tired recently. I think you have taken ______________ too much responsibility at your job.

7. We must face ______________ to the fact that this school is failing the local community.

8. This photo is so blurry - I can't make __________ what it is. Is that a person on the left?

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