In an Open Cloze task, you must supply what?

• A. The title of the passage.
• B. The exact missing word.
• C. Any word that fits.
• D. A synonym of the missing word.

Answer: (B)

Open Cloze tests check your ability to restore the original wording of a passage. You must supply the exact word that was left out. This keeps the exercise focused on precise reading, vocabulary knowledge, and grammar, so you pick the one word the author actually intended. If you insert a synonym or any other word that happens to fit grammatically, you’d change the meaning, tone, or tense and drift away from the text’s original sense. The surrounding sentence usually makes clear which part of speech and which exact form is needed, guiding you to the precise choice. A title or any word that merely fits another pattern isn’t relevant here, because the goal is to reproduce the exact language, not to paraphrase.