Word Based Cloze Test

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.

Our scientific spirit must be shocked not only by the ___1___ of fabulous ___2___ and ___3___ poverty, but also by those of intense holiness and ___4___ superstition. In our relations with one another, we have ___5___ to apply scientific and social wisdom. The failure is ___6___ large ___7___ our society. Some social ___8___ like untouchability are ___9___ simply because the spirit in us is oppressed by the force of ___10___ These are practised by ___11___ kindly persons, who have ceased to feel and whose understanding is ___12___ any tradition. There are millions in our country today who use scientific ___13___ and yet ___14___ superstition as mystical revelation and adhere to absured social customs ___15___ the name of tradition.

Select an appropriate word for blank 4.

Directions: It is 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.

Our scientific spirit must be shocked not only by the. ..1....of fabulous...2...and ...3...poverty, but also by those of intense holiness and ...4...superstition. In our relations with one another, we have...5...to apply scientific and social wisdom. The failure is ...6... large... 7...our society. Some social...8...like untouchability are...9...simply because the spirit in us is oppressed by the force of ...10... These are practised by...11...kindly persons, who have ceased to feel and whose understanding is ...12...any tradition. There are millions in our country today who use scientific ...13....and yet...14...superstition as mystical revelation and adhere to absurd social customs ...15...the name of tradition.

Select an appropriate word for blank number 12.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

Our scientific spirit must be shocked not only by the ____1____ of fabulous ____2____ and ____3____ poverty, but also by those of intense holiness and ____4____ superstition. In our relations with one another, we have ____5____ to apply scientific and social wisdom. The failure is ____6____ large ____7____ our society. Some social ____8____ like untouchability are ____9____ simply because the spirit in us is oppressed by the force of ____10____ These are practised by ____11____ kindly persons, who have ceased to feel and whose understanding is ____12____ any tradition. There are millions in our country today who use scientific ____13____ and yet ____14____ superstition as mystical revelation and adhere to absurd social customs ...15...the name of tradition.

Select an appropriate word for blank 5.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blank with the suitable option.

Our scientific spirit must be shocked not only by the ___(1)___of fabulous.___(2)___and ___(3)___poverty, but also by those of intense holiness and ___(4)___superstition. In our relations with one another, we have.___(5)___to apply scientific and social wisdom. The failure is___(6)___ large___(7)___our society. Some social.___(8)___like untouchability are___(9)___simply because the spirit in us is oppressed by the force of ___(10)___ These are practised by___(11)___kindly persons, who have ceased to feel and whose understanding is ___(12)___any tradition. There are millions in our country today who use scientific ___(13)___.and yet.___(14)___superstition as mystical revelation and adhere to absurd social customs___(15)___.the name of tradition.
 

Select an appropriate word for blank number 10.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.
 

Waterfalls, sometimes called cataracts, arise from an abrupt steepening of a river channel that causes the flow of water to drop vertically, or nearly so. Waterfalls of small (1)_________  and lesser steepness are called cascades; the (2)_________  is often applied to a series of small falls (3)  ______a river. Still gentler reaches of rivers that nonetheless (4)  turbulent flow and white water in response to a local (5)  _______in channel gradient are rapids.

Select an appropriate word for blank number 5.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.
 

Waterfalls, sometimes called cataracts, arise from an abrupt steepening of a river channel that causes the flow of water to drop vertically, or nearly so. Waterfalls of small (1)_________  and lesser steepness are called cascades; the (2)_________  is often applied to a series of small falls (3)  ______a river. Still gentler reaches of rivers that nonetheless (4)  turbulent flow and white water in response to a local (5)  _______in channel gradient are rapids.

Select an appropriate word for blank number 4.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.
 

Waterfalls, sometimes called cataracts, arise from an abrupt steepening of a river channel that causes the flow of water to drop vertically, or nearly so. Waterfalls of small (1)_________  and lesser steepness are called cascades; the (2)_________  is often applied to a series of small falls (3)  ______a river. Still gentler reaches of rivers that nonetheless (4)  turbulent flow and white water in response to a local (5)  _______in channel gradient are rapids.

Select an appropriate word for blank number 3.

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.

My parents …176…… to Canada in 1990 in order to escape the ….177... of the Chinese Government and to build a better …178… in Canada. After listening to their stories of …179…. And frustrations. I realised how ……180… I was to be living in the country now call …181……. When the day came to ……182…my homeland. I felt uncertain and ..183….. There were many …184.. racing through my …185…

…179……. And frustrations. I realised how?

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

Man's basic aggressiveness is a fact it is the emotional factor for all the bloody violence that has marked human history since the beginning. His technology has never been as perfectly __(1)__ as in the weapons he makes to __(2)__ his brothers. The plough has changed very __(3)__ in design from the time man took __(4)__ cultivation. But swords have not become __(5)__ and the rifle, with which one man kills another, is a __(6)__ in comparison with the stone and __(7)__ with which he used to __(8)__ his adversaries in the earliest stage of civilization. Nuclear __(9)__ has designs that nature can never __(10)__. They are wonders of technology creation.

Which word will fit blank 10?

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blank with the suitable option.

Man's basic aggressiveness is a fact it is the emotional factor for all the bloody violence that has marked human history since the beginning. His technology has never been as perfectly __(1)__ as in the weapons he makes to __(2)__ his brothers. The plough has changed very __(3)__ in design from the time man took __(4)__ cultivation. But swords have not become __(5)__ and the rifle, with which one man kills another, is a __(6)__ in comparison with the stone and __(7)__ with which he used to __(8)__ his adversaries in the earliest stage of civilization. Nuclear __(9)__ has designs that nature can never __(10)__. They are wonders of technology creation.

Select an appropriate word for blank number 1.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blank with the suitable option.

The solar system has been a complicated wonder for astronomers. This is a ___(1)___ to which we may never have the exact answer. Man has wondered ___(2)___ the age of the Earth ___(3)___, ancient times. There were all kinds of ___(4)___ that seemed to have the ___(5)___. But man could not begin to ___(6)___ about the question scientifically until about 400 years___(7)___ ,when it was proved that the ___(8)___ revolves round the sun and the earth was a ___(9)___ of our solar system, then scientists knew where to___(10)___.
 

Select an appropriate word for blank number 5.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

One of the issues Indian men face in any field of ___(1)___, is how much to ___(2)___ western views of reality, values, modes relationship etc. ___(3)___ more Indian ones. It is perplexing ___(4)___ of two centuries of British colonial rule and its modernizing ___(5)___. In above five decades of independence, this flow from the West has even greatly ___(6)___ the educational system. India take ___(7)___ in ___(8)___ Western thought and culture, ___(9)___ acquiring their modern technology. They consider Indian technology and the values cherished in Indian culture as ___(10)___.

Select an appropriate word for blank 4.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blank with the suitable option.

Architecture is a unique ___(1)___ of art and science that has___(2)___ out of man's primary need for shelter. It is concerned with the design and ___(3)___ of buildings in their sociological, technological and environmental context. This field is not only___(4)___but also provide the ___(5)___of designing and building pleasing and___(6)___ refined structures to serve various needs___(7)___the fairly large number of proctoring architects., the country wide___(8)___in the initial earnings in the field are relatively___(9)___what you make thereafter will depend entirely on your___(10)___

Select an appropriate word for blank number 1.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

People ___(1)___ on to jobs too long for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes its ___(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 flavor 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.

Select an appropriate word for blank 8.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

The last decade has been ____(1)____ for management education and development. When the economics of most western countries were ____(2)____ in the early 1980's there were ____(3)____ cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980's there were some ____(4)____ in both areas. In the early 1990's 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 government are ____(9)____ an era of rapid ____(10)____ in higher education.

Select an appropriate word for blank 9.

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 blank with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer.

The last decade has been ___(1)___ for management education and development. When the economics of most western countries were___(2)___in the early 1980's there were ___(3)___ cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980's there were some ___(4)___ in both areas. In the early 1990's 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 government is ___(9)___ an era of rapid ___(10)___ in higher education.


Select an appropriate word for blank number 8.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

The last decade has been ______(1)______ for management education and development. When the economics of most western countries were ______(2)______ in the early 1980's there were ______(3)______ cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980's there were some ______(4)______ in both areas. In the early 1990's 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 government are ______(9)______ an era of rapid ______(10)______ in higher education.

Select an appropriate word for blank 3.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

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)___ at 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.

Select an appropriate word for blank 9.

Directions: Read the passage given below and fill in the blanks with the suitable option.

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)____ at 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.

Select an appropriate word for blank 8.