English Important Cloze Test Set 11 Asked in Various Exams for IPPB and IDBI

Cloze Test 1:

The US is in the (1) of a cleanup of toxic financial waste that will (2) taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars, at the very least. The primary manufacturers of these hazardous products (3) multimillion-dollar paychecks for their efforts. So why shouldn’t they (4) to pay for their mop-up? This is, after all, what the US Congress (5) in 1980 for (6) of actual toxic waste. Under the Superfund law (7) that year, polluters (8) for the mess they make. Environmental lawyer E Michael Thomas sees no (9) lawmakers couldn’t demand the same of financial polluters and (10) them to ante up some of the bank bailout money.

1. 1) range 2) depth 3) midst 4) essence 5) debate

2. 1) benefit 2) cost 3) earn 4) facilitate 5) save

3. 1) donated 2) demanded 3) dwindled 4) spent 5) pocketed

4. 1) hesitate 2) come 3) defy 4) have 5) admit

5. 1) decreed 2) refrained 3) commented 4) admonished 5) visualised

6. 1) consumers 2) advocates 3) exponents 4) producers 5) users

7. 1) revoked 2) forced 3) squashed 4) abandoned 5) enacted

8. 1) regain 2) claim 3) pay 4) demand 5) consider

9. 1) practice 2) reason 3) compensation 4) issue 5) wonder

10. 1) force 2) plead 3) appeal 4) dupe 5) follow

Cloze Test 2:

It is a pity that we do not have good books on insurance written by Indian authors (1) to the steady growth of literature on the subject in other countries, especially the USA, whose insurance laws and (2) are very much similar to those of our country. And students studying in our colleges and the millions of insurance employees appearing for various insurance examinations have to depend (3) on books written by foreign authors. As these books mainly deal with the problems of insurance industry of foreign countries, the (4) of the insurance scene in India and the various legal (5) and insurance procedures remains very weak. To (6) the insurance employees and the college students who have opted for (7) courses in insurance with different aspects of theory and practice of insurance, we should have good and (8) textbooks. The book under review written by VMR Nair himself, an experienced and (9) expert on insurance law based on leading Indian cases, will be found very useful by students of insurance sector as a (10) guide to the principles of insurance.

1. 1) paving 2) corresponding 3) following 4) emphasize 5) correcting

2. 1) process 2) product 3) notes 4) currency 5) procedures

3. 1) slightly 2) upon 3) still 4) at 5) until

4. 1) prove 2) search 3) application 4) understanding 5) acknowledge

5. 1) law 2) aspects 3) experts 4) books 5) loop

6. 1) equip 2) arm 3) decorate 4) promote 5) load

7. 1) optional 2) expensive 3) tough 4) deep 5) specialized

8. 1) authentic 2) voluminous 3) many 4) prompt 5) shining

9. 1) consulting 2) qualified 3) rich 4) merchant 5) tired

10. 1) learned 2) powerful 3) ready 4) comprehensive 5) prescribed

Cloze Test 3:

On October 2, 1983 the Grameen Bank Project (1) the Grameen Bank. We invited the Finance Minister to be the Chief Guest at our (2) ceremony. But when the Ministry came to (3) that the ceremony would take place in a remote district, they said it would not be an (4) place to launch a Bank and that the ceremony should be (5) in Dhaka so that all the top Government Officials could (6). We stood firm and (7) to them that we did not work in urban areas so it made no (8) to have the ceremony in a city (9) 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 (10) this it was a dream come true.

1. 1) reorganised 2) merged 3) named 4) converted 5) became

2. 1) opening 2) closing 3) dedicated 4) inaugurate 5) induction

3. 1) reveal 2) know 3) aware 4) inform 5) acquaint

4. 1) excellent 2) available 3) inauspicious 4) appropriate 5) obvious

5. 1) invited 2) assembled 3) done 4) shifted 5) held

6. 1) present 2) accompany 3) attend 4) involve 5) entertain

7. 1) apologised 2) told 3) explained 4) denied 5) refused

8. 1) difference 2) sense 3) difficulty 4) meaning 5) point

9. 1) where 2) while 3) that 4) however 5) which

10. 1) obey 2) achieve 3) discover 4) built 5) perform

Cloze Test 4:

Twenty years (1) now, nearly 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. The impact of urbanization might not all be positive on India as urban expansion is happening at a much (2) rate than infrastructure expansion. Sustainability issues need to be (3) so that economic development is not at the (4) of public health. Some urban services that ought to be in (5) in a city like water, electricity, transport etc need special consideration. TERI has put together a detailed report that (6) Sustainability in the provision of basic urban services in Indian cities. (7) public transport is a major reason for the proliferation of private vehicles on the road. Respiratory illness in children living in urban areas is on the (8) with more cases of Asthma being (9) because of pollution. The future of cities of Indian dreams depends on (10) we can build better cities today.

1. 1) on 2) till 3) since 4) from 5) after

2. 1) quick 2) faster 3) slower 4) changed 5) speed

3. 1) understand 2) speculated 3) believed 4) imagined 5) considered

4. 1) expense 2) payment 3) rate 4) costs 5) charge

5. 1) location 2) abundance 3) large 4) functional 5) vicinity

6. 1) requests 2) bring 3) emphasises 4) speculates 5) postulates

7. 1) Sufficient 2) Good 3) Competent 4) Absence 5) Inadequate

8. 1) grow 2) multiplication 3) expansion 4) rise 5) inflation

9. 1) reported 2) produced 3) develop 4) composed 5) resulted

10. 1) weather 2) if 3) whether 4) unless 5) provided

ANSWERS:

Cloze Test 1

1. 3 2. 2 3. 5 4. 4 5. 1 6. 4 7. 5 8. 3 9. 2 10. 1

Cloze Test 2

1. 2 2. 5 3. 3 4. 4 5. 2 6. 1 7. 5 8. 1 9. 2 10. 4

Cloze Test 3

1. 5 2. 1 3. 2 4. 4 5. 5 6. 3 7. 3 8. 2 9. 1 10. 2

Cloze Test 4

1. 4 2. 2 3. 3 4. 1 5. 2 6. 3 7. 5 8. 4 9. 1 10. 3