Reading Comprehension and Gap Filling

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'compatible' in line 7?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'equivalent' in line 1?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'access' in line 8?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'feasible' in line 6?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'overcome' in line 4?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'convenient' in line 5?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'correspondence' in line 3?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word 'employed' in line 2?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the questions.

1. Electronic mail is the telecommunication equivalent of the ordinary postal service which delivers letters to houses and offices.
2.  The postal service is employed for the delivery of messages that do not need to be delivered
3. within a very short time of their dispatch. Much business correspondence consists of orders, invoice and receipts which are prepared using a computer at the originating office.
4. The use of electronic mail overcomes this problem. It is a system which provides a cheap and
5. convenient method of passing messages.
6.  When electronic mail first became feasible, several different systems were employed. Mail box
7. X400 message handling system allows users to send and receive messages to other compatible mailboxes around the world. 
8.  Customers   can also communicate with Fax and Telex as well as Dialcom systems that give access to online database.

What is the meaning of 'took a great leap outward'?

Directions: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate option.

Ever since  Galileo pointed his homemade optical telescope towards the heavens, astronomers---18--------------------building instruments of increasing power and sophistication ---------19--------------------to observe the universe. Hale telescope on Mount Palamar in Southern California can   detect objects a million times smaller than Galileo’s device -----21--------, they still have their limitations. With the advent of radar technology during World War 2, however, astronomy took a great leap outward. With radio antennas pointing to the night sky, astronomers far -----23-------------------their reach.

Choose the option which best gives the opposite of the word 'advent'.

Directions: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate option.

Ever since  Galileo pointed his homemade optical telescope towards the heavens, astronomers---18--------------------building instruments of increasing power and sophistication ---------19--------------------to observe the universe. Hale telescope on Mount Palamar in Southern California can   detect objects a million times smaller than Galileo’s device -----21--------, they still have their limitations. With the advent of radar technology during World War 2, however, astronomy took a great leap outward. With radio antennas pointing to the night sky, astronomers far -----23-------------------their reach.

Choose the option that best fits gap 23.

Directions: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate option.

Ever since  Galileo pointed his homemade optical telescope towards the heavens, astronomers---18--------------------building instruments of increasing power and sophistication ---------19--------------------to observe the universe. Hale telescope on Mount Palamar in Southern California can   detect objects a million times smaller than Galileo’s device -----21--------, they still have their limitations. With the advent of radar technology during World War 2, however, astronomy took a great leap outward. With radio antennas pointing to the night sky, astronomers far -----23-------------------their reach.

Choose the option which best explains the meaning of 'detect'.

Directions: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate option.

Ever since  Galileo pointed his homemade optical telescope towards the heavens, astronomers---18--------------------building instruments of increasing power and sophistication ---------19--------------------to observe the universe. Hale telescope on Mount Palamar in Southern California can   detect objects a million times smaller than Galileo’s device -----21--------, they still have their limitations. With the advent of radar technology during World War 2, however, astronomy took a great leap outward. With radio antennas pointing to the night sky, astronomers far -----23-------------------their reach.

Choose the option which best fits gap 19.

Directions: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate option.

Ever since  Galileo pointed his homemade optical telescope towards the heavens, astronomers---18--------------------building instruments of increasing power and sophistication ---------19--------------------to observe the universe. Hale telescope on Mount Palamar in Southern California can   detect objects a million times smaller than Galileo’s device -----21--------, they still have their limitations. With the advent of radar technology during World War 2, however, astronomy took a great leap outward. With radio antennas pointing to the night sky, astronomers far -----23-------------------their reach.

Choose the option which best fits gap 18.

Directions: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate option.

Ever since  Galileo pointed his homemade optical telescope towards the heavens, astronomers---18--------------------building instruments of increasing power and sophistication ---------19--------------------to observe the universe. Hale telescope on Mount Palamar in Southern California can   detect objects a million times smaller than Galileo’s device -----21--------, they still have their limitations. With the advent of radar technology during World War 2, however, astronomy took a great leap outward. With radio antennas pointing to the night sky, astronomers far -----23-------------------their reach.

Choose the option which best fits gap 21.

Directions: Fill in the gaps with the most appropriate option.

Ever since  Galileo pointed his homemade optical telescope towards the heavens, astronomers---18--------------------building instruments of increasing power and sophistication ---------19--------------------to observe the universe. Hale telescope on Mount Palamar in Southern California can   detect objects a million times smaller than Galileo’s device -----21--------, they still have their limitations. With the advent of radar technology during World War 2, however, astronomy took a great leap outward. With radio antennas pointing to the night sky, astronomers far -----23-------------------their reach.

Which of these best fits gap 11?

Directions: Complete the passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to fill the corresponding gap.

Since I could not go to the animals, maybe the animals would come to me.  Amazingly enough they did. I must ---9------------an odd sight as I sat on the high Indian plateau sowing.  The wary animals ventured only as far as the most distant clumps of slush.  Each morning I ---10------the cottage and hiked off in search of them.  I --------11----- the hierarchy changes as they settled their differences in violent fights.  Whatever I ---12----------about the animals, my inability ---------13------ communicate with them taught me great rewards of -------14------------.

Which of these best fits gap 13?

Directions: Complete the passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to fill the corresponding gap.

Since I could not go to the animals, maybe the animals would come to me.  Amazingly enough they did. I must ---9------------an odd sight as I sat on the high Indian plateau sowing.  The wary animals ventured only as far as the most distant clumps of slush.  Each morning I ---10------the cottage and hiked off in search of them.  I --------11----- the hierarchy changes as they settled their differences in violent fights.  Whatever I ---12----------about the animals, my inability ---------13------ communicate with them taught me great rewards of -------14------------.

Which of these best fits gap 14?

Directions: Complete the passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to fill the corresponding gap.

Since I could not go to the animals, maybe the animals would come to me.  Amazingly enough they did. I must ---9------------an odd sight as I sat on the high Indian plateau sowing.  The wary animals ventured only as far as the most distant clumps of slush.  Each morning I ---10------the cottage and hiked off in search of them.  I --------11----- the hierarchy changes as they settled their differences in violent fights.  Whatever I ---12----------about the animals, my inability ---------13------ communicate with them taught me great rewards of -------14------------.

Which of these best fits gap 12?

Directions: Complete the passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to fill the corresponding gap.

Since I could not go to the animals, maybe the animals would come to me.  Amazingly enough they did. I must ---9------------an odd sight as I sat on the high Indian plateau sowing.  The wary animals ventured only as far as the most distant clumps of slush.  Each morning I ---10------the cottage and hiked off in search of them.  I --------11----- the hierarchy changes as they settled their differences in violent fights.  Whatever I ---12----------about the animals, my inability ---------13------ communicate with them taught me great rewards of -------14------------.

Which of these best fits gap 10?

Directions: Complete the passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to fill the corresponding gap.

Since I could not go to the animals, maybe the animals would come to me.  Amazingly enough they did. I must ---9------------an odd sight as I sat on the high Indian plateau sowing.  The wary animals ventured only as far as the most distant clumps of slush.  Each morning I ---10------the cottage and hiked off in search of them.  I --------11----- the hierarchy changes as they settled their differences in violent fights.  Whatever I ---12----------about the animals, my inability ---------13------ communicate with them taught me great rewards of -------14------------.

Which of these best fits gap 9?

Directions: Complete the passage by selecting the most suitable word/phrase from each list to fill the corresponding gap.

Since I could not go to the animals, maybe the animals would come to me.  Amazingly enough they did. I must ---9------------an odd sight as I sat on the high Indian plateau sowing.  The wary animals ventured only as far as the most distant clumps of slush.  Each morning I ---10------the cottage and hiked off in search of them.  I --------11----- the hierarchy changes as they settled their differences in violent fights.  Whatever I ---12----------about the animals, my inability ---------13------ communicate with them taught me great rewards of -------14------------.

Which of the options best fits gap 15?

Directions: Fill in the gaps to make meaningful sentences.

Telephone and data networks, both private and public, provide speech or data communication -----15----two points. These two points -------16-------------at fixed locations, or if the network includes one or more switching points, any user may be able to access any other user. The network then, offered together with the associated service, is known as the value added network. Most VAN operators -----17----a combination of private lines, spare capacity on public or private networks to provide the basic network.

Which of the options best fits gap 17?

Directions: Fill in the gaps to make meaningful sentences.

Telephone and data networks, both private and public, provide speech or data communication -----15----two points. These two points -------16-------------at fixed locations, or if the network includes one or more switching points, any user may be able to access any other user. The network then, offered together with the associated service, is known as the value added network. Most VAN operators -----17----a combination of private lines, spare capacity on public or private networks to provide the basic network.

Which of the options best fits gap 16?

Directions: Fill in the gaps to make meaningful sentences.

Telephone and data networks, both private and public, provide speech or data communication -----15----two points. These two points -------16-------------at fixed locations, or if the network includes one or more switching points, any user may be able to access any other user. The network then, offered together with the associated service, is known as the value added network. Most VAN operators -----17----a combination of private lines, spare capacity on public or private networks to provide the basic network.