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Pick out the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
When he found the wallet his face glowed, but soon it faded as the wallet was ______.
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Important Questions on Cloze Test
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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word each case.
On October 2, 1983 the Grameen Bank Project (i) the Grameen Bank. We invited the Finance Minister to be the Chief Guest at out (ii) ceremony. But when the Ministry came to (iii) that the ceremony would take place in a remote district, they said it would not be an (iv) place to launch a Bank and that the ceremony should be (v) in Dhaka so that all the top Government Officials could (vi). We stood firm and (vii) to them that we did not work in urban areas so it made no (viii) to have the ceremony in a city (ix) we had no borrowers. We had the ceremony in a big open field with the Finance Minister present as Chief Guest. For all of us who had worked so hard to (x) this it was a dream come true.
Which word will fit blank (3)?
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The morning _____ was shattered by her terrified screams.
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Adult tigers will meet socially only during courtship when a male and female stay together for several days. The courtship and (1) mating, starts with tigress coming into oestrus, which she does every three to nine weeks, and her receptivity lasts three to six days. Tigers usually begin their courtship by circling each other and vocalizing. Female advertises her readiness to mate. All this is done to attract males. After successful mating, the tigress will drive away the male to (2) the cubs by herself. Cubs are born blind after a gestation period of (3) 96 and 104 days. (4) their eyes open after two weeks, they do not begin to see well until the second month. At this stage, they are most vulnerable to predators like jackals and hyenas as they are left alone for long periods when the tigress is away (5). Infant mortality is therefore high; a tigress seldom raises more than one cub per litter successfully.
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Long after Spanish explorers introduced the beverage to Europe in the 16th century, chocolate retained an (1) of aristocratic luxury. In the last two hundred years, an eye blink in chocolate's history, the bean has been totally democratized, (2) from an elitist drink into familiar candy bars, cocoa powders, candies, and baked goods. Indeed, chocolate is becoming (3) more popular worldwide, with new markets opening up in Eastern Europe and Asia. But that's both good (4) and bad. While farmers are producing record numbers of cocoa beans, some experts believe that that's just not enough to keep pace with global (5) . What's worse is that cocoa faces not only dwindling habitats but also the threat of devastating diseases. Has chocolate become a victim of its own success? Is it in trouble?
Select an appropriate word for blank number 4.
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Warmer weather and abnormally mild winters may bode well for orange growers, but they also ______(1)______ the proliferation of mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. The incidence of infectious diseases is already on the rise in the United States, and ______(2)______ are occurring in areas previously too cold for mosquitoes to inhabit. In recent years, cases of malaria have been ______(3)______ as far north as Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, and a recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ______(4)______ that the proliferation of disease-carrying mosquitoes could increase the percentage of the world's population at risk from malaria from 42 percent to 60 percent. In addition, lethal heat waves, such as the 1995 event that killed over 700 people in Chicago alone, will be ______(5)______ deadly consequence of global warming. As temperatures rise, major cities around the world could experience thousands of heat-related deaths annually.
Select an appropriate word for blank number 2.
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Warmer weather and abnormally mild winters may bode well for orange growers, but they also ______(1)______ the proliferation of mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. The incidence of infectious diseases is already on the rise in the United States, and ______(2)______ are occurring in areas previously too cold for mosquitoes to inhabit. In recent years, cases of malaria have been ______(3)______ as far north as Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, and a recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ______(4)______ that the proliferation of disease-carrying mosquitoes could increase the percentage of the world's population at risk from malaria from 42 percent to 60 percent. In addition, lethal heat waves, such as the 1995 event that killed over 700 people in Chicago alone, will be ______(5)______ deadly consequence of global warming. As temperatures rise, major cities around the world could experience thousands of heat-related deaths annually.
Select an appropriate word for blank number 2.
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The idea of the documentary was (1) by Anubhav in the year 2007 while he was to attend to his undergraduate course at the Western International University, New Delhi, India as a possible (2) for an annual inter-university competition for SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) (3) his institution rejected his proposal on account of non-feasibility because many felt that a student with no contacts couldn't make something like this happen.(4) then he is independently working on this documentary and has already interviewed famous personalities from all walks of (5). In the documentary, Anubhav has interviewed some of the most successful people in India including Sheila Dixit, Shiv Khera, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw among others. The film is quite a hit online and Anubhav now wants to go global. His next aim, he tells, is to approach international achievers.
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The first animal breeders when they realized that different physical traits could be either magnified or lost by ______(1)______ appropriate pairs of animals, engaged in the manipulations of biotechnology. What then is biotechnology in the modern world? The ______(2)______ brings to mind many different things. Some think of developing new types of animals. Others dream of producing almost unlimited quantities of therapeutic drugs. ______(3)______ others envision the opportunity of growing crops that are more nutritious and naturally pest-resistant to feed a rapidly growing world population. The question ______(4)______ almost as many responses as there are people to whom the question can be posed. Throughout human history, we have learned a great deal about the different organisms that our ancestors used so effectively. The marked increase in our understanding of these organisms and their cell products gains us the ability to ______(5)______ the many functions of various cells and organisms using biotechnology.
Select an appropriate word for blank number 1.
