Cloze Test 1:
Man has always considered himself to be the ruler of his planet.
This (1) and the attendant superiority feeling has made him look down (2)
other creatures who co-exist with human on this earth. The so-called civilized
human race has (3) and ill-treated small and large animal species and
birds in an attempt to prove his (4). It is common knowledge that (5)
number of animals have been (6) for centuries under the (7) of
conducting scientific experiments or for sports. Till recently, in the (8) of
scientific experiments, monkeys and frogs have been (9) to dissection
and (10) in the laboratory.
1. 1) pleasure 2) fact 3) achievement 4) force 5) arrogance
2. 1) in 2) upon 3) with 4) for 5) into
3. 1) criticised 2) devalued 3) protected 4) abused 5) enlarged
4. 1) supremacy 2) wisdom 3) cleverness 4) instinct 5) possession
5. 1) tall 2) plenty 3) countless 4) diverse 5) numerous
6. 1) tortured 2) exposed 3) treated 4) vanished 5) extinct
7. 1) projection 2) criticism 3) pretext 4) game 5) study
8. 1) matter 2) set 3) scheme 4) virtue 5) name
9. 1) confined 2) subjected 3) condemned 4) allied 5) performed
10. 1) cruelty 2) deformation 3) study 4) vivisection 5 )
proliferation
Cloze Test 2:
In these days of economic liberalisation, globalisation, etc.
materialistic values have assumed (1) importance. Money, physical
comforts and luxuries are the most sought after aspects. There has been (2)
competition. Such competition (3) undue stress. The stress leads to (4)
of health of the people. Indian culture has (5) its striking
uniqueness, as against the Western culture, in the fact that there is a (6)
place for spiritualism in the value system in all walks of life. The
spirituality is a very (7) force which helps us in maintaining our physical
and mental health. It gives us (8) to cope with the stress. Westerners
have now (9) the importance of spirituality and, therefore, they have
started (10) us in the matter of spirituality.
1. 1) usual 2) little 3) tangible 4) least 5) greater
2. 1) critical 2) unhealthy 3) unequalled 4) no 5) absolute
3. 1) releases 2) deserves 3) generates 4) demonstrates 5) suppresses
4. 1) neglect 2) illness 3) generation 4) deterioration 5)
encroachment
5. 1) maintained 2) illustrated 3) marginalised 4) bestowed 5)
forsaken
6. 1) vast 2) brief 3) formal 4) clean 5) distinct
7. 1) dormant 2) dedicated 3) vital 4) common 5) dynamic
8. 1) strength 2) tips 3) clearance 4) sermons 5) ideals
9. 1) informed 2) narrated 3) intensified 4) realized 5) invented
10. 1) encouraging 2) imitating 3) blaming 4) preaching 5) assuming
Cloze Test 3:
The social (1) of the Web lifestyle and work style are
enormous. A lot of people (2) that computers and the Internet will
depersonalize experience, creating a world that is less warm. But these are
unfounded as we know that some people were (3) afraid that the telephone
would reduce face-to-face contact and will (4) society to fall apart.
But the (5) actually came true. Just as phone and e-mail have increased
contact between people living in different communities and between people on
the go, the PC and the Internet give us (6) way to communicate. They do
not take any away. In reality, the ability to use the Internet to redefine (7)
in our communities is strengthening personal and cultural (8). The
Web lifestyle is about broadening (9), not narrowing them. Community building
is going to be one of the biggest growth areas on the Web. It dramatically
increases the number of communities you can bond to because of its ability to (10)
groups of like-minded people independent of geography or time zones.
1. 1) groups 2) needs 3) factor 4) teaching 5) implications
2. 1) accept 2) dare 3) fear 4) propose 5) reject
3. 1) strongly 2) initially 3) always 4) never 5) possibly
4. 1) let 2) decay 3) develop 4) cause 5) destroy
5. 1) opposite 2) found 3) finding 4) different 5) negative
6. 1) cheaper 2) economical 3) another 4) second 5) many
7. 1) groups 2) ethics 3) culture 4) bonds 5) boundaries
8. 1) distances 2) connections 3) differences 4) implications 5)
suggestions
9. 1) horizons 2) values 3) nations 4) means 5) status
10. 1) reduce 2) focus 3) prepare 4) connect 5) develop
Cloze Test 4:
The urgent need of the hour is to (1) up the moral (2) of
our society in general and of our student community in particular, if we want
to save ourselves and our society from the present (3) of mass indiscipline
and (4) of basic human values, which has become a (5) phenomenon.
We must, therefore, (6) and practise the most (7) basic human
values like cooperation, tolerance, patriotism, generosity, truth, justice and
excellence—the ideals which are universal in nature and which are (8) in
themselves and which are worthy of (9) for their own sake. These ideals
are both personally as well as socially (10).
1. 1) give 2) stand 3) jack 4) climb 5) tone
2. 1) fibre 2) enactment 3) reconstruction 4) situation 5)
appreciation
3. 1) polarisation 2) degradation 3) chaos 4) provocation 5)
sentiments
4. 1) calamity 2) focus 3) realisation 4) erosion 5) criticism
5. 1) durable 2) universal 3) perpetual 4) segmental 5) prolific
6. 1) incorporate 2) induce 3) implicate 4) inculcate 5) involve
7. 1) absorbing 2) cherished 3) introspective 4) famous 5) productive
8. 1) distinctive 2) appreciated 3) formative 4) helping 5) end
9. 1) evolving 2) spreading 3) esteem 4) wisdom 5) popularity
10. 1) desirable 2) manageable 3) redundant 4) vulnerable 5) possible
ANSWERS:
Cloze Test 1
1. 5 2. 2 3. 4 4. 1 5. 3 6. 1 7. 3 8. 5 9. 2 10. 4
Cloze Test 2
1. 5 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4 5. 2 6. 5 7. 3 8. 1 9. 4 10. 2
Cloze Test 3
1. 5 2. 3 3. 2 4. 4 5. 1 6. 3 7. 4 8. 2 9. 1 10. 5
Cloze Test 4
1. 5 2. 1 3. 3 4. 4 5. 2 6. 4 7. 2 8. 1 9. 3 10. 1
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