Cloze Test 1:
Today, it is (1) recognized that the 21st century will be
driven by knowledge. To (2) the challenges of this century, India needs
to usher in a knowledge revolution that (3) to bring about systemic
changes in education. While our economy has made significant strides, the
education system has not kept (4) with the aspirations of the youth. The
vast disparity in the country today is a result of skewed (5) to
knowledge. To address this, we need a substantial expansion in educational
opportunities, with a special (6) on inclusion of the underprivileged. At
the bottom of the pyramid, steps must be taken to (7) access to quality
education. While the government has taken steps to ensure education to all,
where it lacks in its efforts in the quality perspective. Being a spirally
upward drive, education can not be (8) to improve at the higher level
unless it improves at the very grassroots level. The top of the pyramid, ie
higher education, is also uneven. Students struggle to compete in the exams which
(9) a sound knowledge of English. While candidates are expected to
travel several kilometres to reach school to obtain any education, the higher
education organizations often (10) candidates from vernacular media
through State-sponsored exams and proudly affirm them as ‘unbiased’.
1. 1) thickly 2) widely 3) ample 4) partly 5) considered
2. 1) adhere to 2) gather 3) cover 4) contact 5) meet
3. 1) sought 2) wanted 3) seeks 4) attempt 5) determined
4. 1) adequate 2) sufficient 3) influence 4) pace 5) ahead
5. 1) access 2) approaching 3) rights 4) infiltration 5) excess
6. 1) aspiration 2) intensity 3) important 4) place 5) emphasis
7. 1) enjoy 2) help 3) provide 4) diminish 5) deepen
8. 1) awaited 2) judged 3) thought 4) expected 5) said
9. 1) demand 2) has 3) consume 4) expects 5) wants
10. 1) discourages 2) disobey 3) contest 4) assume 5) reject
Cloze Test 2:
In economics, the term recession generally describes the
reduction of a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for at least two quarters.
A recession is (1) by rising unemployment, increase in government borrowing,
(2) of share and stock prices, and falling investment. All of these
characteristics have effects on people. Some recessions have been anticipated
by stock market declines. The real-estate market also usually (3) before
a recession. However, real-estate declines can last much longer than
recessions. During an economic decline, high-(4) stocks such as
financial services, pharmaceuticals and tobacco (5) to hold up better.
However, when the economy starts to recover growth, stocks tend to recover
faster. There is significant disagreement about how health care and utilities
tend to (6). In 2008, an economic recession was suggested by several
important indicators of economic downturn. These (7) high oil prices,
which led to (8) high food prices due to a dependence of food production
on petroleum, as well as using food crop products such as ethanol and biodiesel
as an (9) to petroleum; and global inflation; a substantial credit
crisis leading to the drastic bankruptcy of large and well (10) investment
banks as well as commercial banks in various, diverse nations around the world;
increased unemployment; and signs of contemporaneous economic downturns in
major economics of the world, a global recession.
1. 1) imagined 2) depict 3) shown 4) visualized 5) characterized
2. 1) increase 2) variance 3) more 4) decrease 5) abundance
3. 1) weakens 2) initiates 3) awakens 4) strengthens 5) volatile
4. 1) maintained 2) yield 3) heavy 4) result 5) payment
5. 1) are 2) want 3) tend 4) yearn 5) made
6. 1) distribute 2) recover 3) wait 4) increased 5) fight
7. 1) meant 2) show 3) numbered 4) included 5) encompass
8. 1) fearful 2) dangerous 3) abnormally 4) healthy 5) nutritious
9. 1) alternative 2) variant 3) substitute 4) element 5) integral
10. 1) wealthy 2) costly 3) stand 4) created 5) established
Cloze Test 3:
Without doubt, there is one thing (1) to all of us. We have
played a game at some time in our lives. Most of us play to relax or have fun,
but for many playing a game or a sport is a way to (2) poverty behind. In
fact, in many African countries, playing a sport professionally can (3) the
lives of a person’s entire family. For example, in the small town of Bekoji, in
Ethiopia (4) than a hundred boys and girls can be seen running at dawn
everyday. Each of these youth is (5) and serious and their coach is (6)
that one of them will be a world champion. This seems like an idle (7) but
it is virtually a guarantee in this small community (8) mainly farmers.
Many of the fastest male and female distance runners in the world hail from
this small town. A small handpainted sign which greets visitors outside Bekoji (9)
“Welcome to the Village of Athletes”. Children here start running at an
early age, (10) great distances to fetch water and firewood or to reach school.
At the Olympics, runners from this small town are likely to win more medals
than those from developed countries. It will give their families a way out of
poverty.
1. 1) accepted 2) common 3) alike 4) similar 5) popular
2. 1) alleviate 2) forgot 3) prevent 4) reduce 5) leave
3. 1) changes 2) arrange 3) control 4) transform 5) shift
4. 1) further 2) more 3) greater 4) over 5) larger
5. 1) concentrated 2) rival 3) focused 4) playful 5) performed
6. 1) convince 2) optimist 3) intended 4) privilege 5) confident
7. 1) boast 2) suspicion 3) risk 4) worship 5) precaution
8. 1) existing 2) that 3) comprising 4) consisting 5) for
9. 1) warn 2) inform 3) notices 4) reads 5) wish
10. 1) covering 2) driving 3) measuring 4) following 5) competing
Cloze Test 4:
The barter system for getting goods and services (1) back
many centuries. In most cultures the barter system was used before money was (2).
People who had specific items or services would (3) these with others
for the things they needed. Good negotiation was the (4) to making good
trades. While the barter system (5) based on basic needs, today the
barter system continues to thrive. The barter system transcends the monetary
system. The barter system is making a (6) today. What makes the barter
system even better today than ever before is that it can now be done globally.
In the past, bartering was simply done with those that were located nearby.
Today, the barter system can be used in a much more (7) way than ever
before yet it carries with it the same basic motivation - the need for
something that you don’t have and the excess of something that someone else wants.
The barter system is enjoying (8) interest today. Bartering allows you
to get the things you need without having to (9) additional money.
Instead, you can use the things you no longer need or want to get the things you
do need. There are swap markets and online auctions that (10) you to
sell or trade your items or to purchase items that you want. Negotiation takes
place just like it did hundreds of years ago.
1. 1) discovered 2) dates 3) began 4) started 5) initiated
2. 1) bought 2) imagined 3) began 4) emerged 5) invented
3. 1) buy 2) sell 3) exchange 4) give 5) return
4. 1) important 2) essential 3) result 4) key 5) intention
5. 1) originated 2) stood 3) generated 4) created 5) produced
6. 1) issue 2) comeback 3) withdrawal 4) recall 5) fading
7. 1) primitive 2) appreciated 3) promoted 4) sophisticated 5) better
8. 1) diminishing 2) revival 3) perishing 4) declining 5) renewed
9. 1) expend 2) exchanging 3) expand 4) consume 5) cost
10. 1) insist 2) force 3) allow 4) lure 5) constraint
ANSWERS:
Cloze Test 1
1. 2 2. 5 3. 3 4. 4 5. 1 6. 5 7. 3 8. 4 9. 1 10. 5
Cloze Test 2
1. 5 2. 4 3. 1 4. 2 5. 3 6. 2 7. 4 8. 3 9. 1 10. 5
Cloze Test 3
1. 2 2. 5 3. 4 4. 2 5. 3 6. 5 7. 1 8. 3 9. 4 10. 1
Cloze Test 4
1. 2 2. 5 3. 3 4. 4 5. 1 6. 2 7. 4 8. 5 9. 1 10. 3
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