Teaching Science - Answer Sheet

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Cambridge Advanced (CAE) Use of English Practice

This exercise gives you practice in the cloze exercises where you have to modify words
to complete the text. Complete the gaps using the correct form of the word given in bold.

Britain’s

competitiveness

could be threatened by a lack of practical

science teaching, according to a recent report that says experiments

inspire young (2)

scientists

. The survey science teachers found that

most lacked time for experiments, while many said (3)

safety

rules

had put them off. A previous survey had found that fears about some

pupil’s poor (4)

behaviour/behavior

was the main reason why many

schools cancelled science experiments.

.

The vast majority of school science teachers surveyed said learning

with more experiments and (5)

scientific

inquiry would have a

significant impact on performance. More than half of heads of

science said they had cancelled (6)

practical

experiments because of

the danger of (7)

injury/injuries

.

In a (8)

technologically

developed society, the ability of learners to

analyse is (9)

increasingly

important. Scientific (10)

literacy

now

needs to take its place as a major part of the school curriculum.

More (11)

innovative

approaches in science teaching could make it

more (12)

enjoyable

for students, the report says. Too much science

teaching fails to convey the excitement of exploring the (13)

unknown

.

1) Compete

2) Science

3) Safe

4) Behave

(5) Science

(6) Practice

(7) Injure

(8) Technology

(9) Increase

(10) Literate

(11) Innovate

(12) Enjoy

(13) Know