Cloze Test
Cloze Test: Overview
This topic includes questions in the pattern of a cloze test in which a part of the paragraphs has to be filled by us. It enhances our reading skills and vocabulary and includes useful tricks to solve such questions in minimal time with efficiency.
Important Questions on Cloze Test
In the following two passages from question some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given
The presence of certain (1) makes friendship a special, (2). A(3) friend is consistent and honest. A (4) is not (5) to give an honest (6) and doesn't say things for the sake of getting (7). A friend provides companionship and continuous (8). There is no room for pride, (9) or rivalry in (10).
Choose the correct option for (3)
In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each four words are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
China sent a Bolivianorbit with its March- carrier rocket southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Centre. The satellite, by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation a designedof years, is first communications satellite. It will be used in areas including broadcasting, education and medical .
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In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Four words have been mentioned against each number. You are required to fill the blank, choosing the appropriate word in the context of the whole passage.
The educational institutions established by the British and the Christian missionaries were primarily designed to propagate and promote the English language and the western (1). Their aim was also to produce such (2) who could man the lower levels of (3) British administrative hierarchy and remain ever loyal (4) the British rulers. The British educational policy (5) with eminent success in the matter of (6) its objectives. The majority of people (7) middle classes who went to these educational (8) did acquire some knowledge and skill which (9)sufficient enough to work as babus in these (10)offices.
Choose the correct option for (4)
In the following passage from , some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.Mark your answer .
Childhood is a time when there are (...1...) responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child (...2...) good parents, he is fed, looked (...3...) and loved, whatever he may do. It is improbable that he will ever again in his life (...4...) given so much without having to do anything (...5...) return. In addition, life is always (...6...) new things to the child. A child finds (..7..) in playing in the rain or in the snow. His first visit (...8...) the seaside is a marvellous adventure. But a child has his pains; he is not so free to do as he wishes, he is continually being (...9...) not to do things or is being (...10...) His life is therefore not perfectly happy.
Choose the correct option for (4)
Directions: In the following passage, some words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.
There was an old penguin, that began to walk slowly towards the sea and Peterkin took it into his head that he would try to stop it, so he ran ...(1).... it and the sea and...(2).... his stick ...(3).... its face. But ...(4).... act proved to be ...(5).... The old bird would not go ...(6).... in fact, it would not ...(7)..... to advance, but (8).......with Peterkin bravely and ......(9).... him forward more and more ...(10).... it reached the sea ...(11).... Peterkin used his stick, he could have ...(12).... killed it, no doubt; but ...(13).... he had no wish to do so cruel an act ...(14).... out of sport, he ...(15).... the bird escape.
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In the following passage, some words have been left out. Read the passage and then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
One of the major causes of the failure of____countries on the economic front is their ____ to evolve a judicious mixture of ____ substitution and export promotion. Today, Bambia ____on imports after its independence years ____
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In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find the correct choice from the given alternatives.
At just ___(1)___ midnight on July 1, 1998, in a glittering and poignant ceremony, Hong Kong passed from being a jewel of the British Empire to a ___(2)___ of new global power. Hong Kong people ___(3)___ their city handover from the U.K. to China with ___(4)___ feelings: apprehension over the future, joy at a fresh start, sadness at seeing the British go, pride over returning to their motherland. On the eve of the handover, the stock market index; a key barometer of Hong Kong's health ___(5)___ at a record 15, 200 points, and today it ___(6)___ near the 21, 000 mark. Being a part of a booming China almost guarantees that Hong Kong will remain ___(7)___. But mainland China is a ___(8)___ as well as a partner. China's new parts for example will siphon trade ___(9)___ from Hong Kong and its lower labour costs will impact the jobs. However, there is little doubt that Hong Kong is fortunate to have become a part of China at a time when mainland China can provide ___(10)___ opportunity.
What should replace blank (2)?
Choose the appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Wealth is not his _____ has it, but his _____ enjoys it.
Directions: It the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.
It may be better to consider the effects of a large scale exchange of weapons which is...(1).... in the context of current nuclear....(2).....Within a millionth of a second after a nuclear weapon is....(3)...., enough energy is released to heat the surrounding air to tons of millions of degrees Celsius, forming a hot....(4)....bubble of gases or a fireball. There is also a very intense....(5)....pulse which appears as a...(6).... flash of light lasting for a few seconds. As the fireball rises, it spreads out to form the....(7)....mushroom cloud and its...(8)....creates strong....(9)....at the ground level. This updraft containing dust, smoke and radioactivity created by the....(10)....forms the stem of the mushroom cloud.
Choose here for option (4)
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. A few options have been mentioned against each number. You are required to fill the blank, choosing the appropriate word in the context of the whole passage.
The last decade has been ___(1)___ for management education and development. When the economics of most western countries were ___(2)___ in the early 1980s, there were ___(3)___ cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid-1980s, there were some ___(4)___ in both areas. In the early 1990s, industrialized countries were in the ___(5)___ of another severe recession and a ____(6)___ retrenchment was to be reasonably ___(7)___ throughout the training world. But this has not been the case so far. Many leading companies are ___(8)___ their belief in training as the key to future competitiveness and governments are ___(9)___ an era of rapid ___(10)___ in higher education.
What should replace blank (7)?
In the following passage from question Nos. 166 to 175, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.
A man handed (1) pair of trousers to the departmental store clerk and said, "I'd like these (2),please." He said that (3) alteration is not possible without a (4). The clerk asked for the sales receipt but after (5) his pockets the man replied that he (6) lost it. The man said, "Okay, I'd like to (7) the trousers." The clerk took them back and returned the money. The man pushed the money and said, "Now I want to buy them." The clerk put the trousers in a bag, (8) a receipt and handed him both. (9) he put the trousers and the receipts on the counter and said, "I'd like to (10) these altered, please."
Choose the correct option for (10)
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
When you can't _____ yourself to _____ down to a difficult task, remember that you have an enemy in this world that is out to do you in. This enemy _____ in your goofing off and wants you to be as _____ as possible. He _____ the fact that you will fail, that you are _____ and that you are not getting anywhere in life. This enemy is chuckling over your _____ talents and also because you are not getting the satisfaction that all of your _____ is screaming for.
That enemy is your neurosis. Your neurosis states that it hurts less to goof off than it does to put your shoulder to the wheel. Your neurosis tells you that you are better off to avoid _____ and rejection even though it will _____ boredom and pain.
What will come in place of ?
In the following passage, some words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Tea prices in the domestic (1) continue to rule high in the (2) year despite the expectation of a (3) production as compared to the previous year. According to a preliminary assessment (4) on the weather (5) in recent months, Tea output in 1990 reached 740 million kg as (6) 700 million kg. During the past three months, tea prices have generally shown an (7) unlike last year, when tea prices rose dramatically, this year, prices seem to have (8) a high level. In the subsequent four months, the (9) average price showed a downtrend but in September the prices have (10) hardened to a considerable extent.
Choose the correct option for (7).
If you have got a computer, chances are that you have heard about viruses. But what are they exactly? In (1), they are computer program (2) to sneak into computers, usually through the Internet and especially through e-mails. (3) in your computer, they can do all sorts of terrible things, (4) sending themselves to other people. In fact, that's why they are called viruses because they (5) from computer to computer like an illness.
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In the passage given below there are blanks filled with numbers, find out the word in each case that replaces the number to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct and mark that word as your answer.
Today, countries all over the world are experiencing many natural disasters like floods and earthquakes. In 2011, the United Nations conducted a _____ on the natural disasters that occurred _____ 1975 to 2007. Their report said that the _____ of natural disasters has increased tremendously _____ we do not respect the environment and _____ unsafe cities. Some countries like Japan are also _____ in the areas where earthquakes often take place. _____ countries cope with these natural disasters efficiently _____ making technological developments. So, Japan invests in _____ buildings that earthquakes will not destroy _____. We cannot avoid challenges but must face them.
What will come in place of ?
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.
The millions of people from different parts of the world, who have settled in America, have all contributed something to American English. (...1...) to the new ways of life they (...2...) in the new country, they could not help leaving some (...3...) of their language on English. (...4...) drawing upon these many elements which make (...5...) American culture, Americans have made their kind of English a melting pot in miniature.
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In the following passage, some words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
Women have (1) made (2) in the corporate workplace but certainly not as much as they had (3). We have new laws, rules and (4) relating to a woman in the workplace, but what we have not changed much is the male (5). Women have fallen short in their goals because we (6) the potency of the male need to (7) their power. We can abide (8) by the laws and rules we create in order to (9) women an equal opportunity in the corporate workplace and still not (10) the problems that affected and eventually capsized the woman's raft.
Choose the correct option for (5).
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. A few options have been mentioned against each number. You are required to fill the blank, choosing the appropriate word in the context of the whole passage.
People ___1___ on to jobs too long for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes it’s ___2___ to the company you've outgrown, or maybe you spent a long time thinking you were just about to get ___3___, but never got the call. Or perhaps you simply had a lot going on in your personal life and your somewhat dull job felt steadying. During the ___4___, many people decided to stay in whatever job they had, figuring that any job was better than no job.
Whatever the reason, if you’ve stayed in a role long after your growth and learning in that role plateaued you need a ___5___for presenting your experience to recruiters and hiring managers. If this is the flavour of your ___6___ if your last decade sounds like the same year repeated 10 times — you'll face tough ___7___ as you look for a new job. When asked about your learning, your challenges, and your career plan, your answer cannot be a variant.
How can you show you’ve grown?
There are ways of making even timid choices sound less passive or defeatist. For example, you can focus on the benefits of continuity, and the things you learned by sticking with projects over the long term. Unpack for an interviewer the way your ___8___ changed, even if your ___9___ didn't. Plenty of companies in the ___10___ laid off some people and redistributed their work to the survivors without promoting them; if this applies to you, talk about the additional responsibilities you took on.
What should replace blank (7)?
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.
The estimated four million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's disease may someday get help from two novel treatments: a nasal spray and a common ingredient of Indian food. Both seem to prevent the sticky accumulations of a brain protein that ultimately () to nerve degeneration and memory loss. Researchers have developed a vaccine to stop the damaging protein, beta-amyloid, () piling up as plaque in the brain. The vaccine, () sprayed into the nose, instructs the immune system to produce antibodies () attach to the rogue proteins and neutralize them. When the researchers tested the vaccine on mice that had () genetically altered to simulate the onset of Alzheimerӳ, the rate of plaque formation rose by percent.
In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Most of us are (1) of open conflict and avoid it if we can. And there is a (2) in expressing and working through conflict. If the working through involves harsh words and name-calling people feel deeply hurt and relationships can be
(3). Sometimes permanently. Some group mem- bers may be afraid that if they really (4) their anger, they may go out of control and become vio- lent, or they may do this. These fears can be very (5) and based on experience. So why take the risk? Why not avoid conflict at all costs? Conflict is rather like disease, (6) is best. That means attending to areas where (7) may occur before they become an issue. If you have not (8) a conflict happening, your next choice is to treat it early, or hope that it goes away. If it goes away over time fine. If it (9) then you will still have to handle (treat) it and it is likely to be more (10).
Choose here for option (5)
