Close passage is the worst thing that i have done.
To me, it's like a vocabulary test in english, it's either i
know the meaning, or i don't know. Even if i know the meaning,
there will be some words which have almost the same meaning, and
then i do not know which ones to use.
Furthermore, i have problems reading all the words in the
passage, meaning i don't know what the passage is actually
about.
When i did my o levels i was also finding out if there are easy
ways to know what the words mean, but unfortunately, the only way
is to expose yourself through more chinese vocabs.
So i think it's hard to find an easy way.