Cloze Test

Directions: The following passage has some blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (8).

If the advantages of international trade and division of labour are as strong and __(1) as economists assert, the students of international trade may well be puzzled by the _(2) to which governments impose _(3) on their __(4) trade. The actions of governments, however, are not entirely by economic __(5). When a country aims at economic self-sufficiency, the reasons are generally _(6). For example, a country may wish to __(7) its farming industry in order to be able to feed itself in time of war, or it may try to build an iron and ore industry as part of an industrial programme. If a conference is called to consider a reduction of ___(8), a country that had imposed no restrictions on imports would find itself at a _(9), since it would have no ____(10) to offer.

Directions: The following passage has some blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word and fill blank (10).

If the advantages of international trade and division of labour are as strong and __(1) as economists assert, the students of international trade may well be puzzled by the _(2) to which governments impose _(3) on their __(4) trade. The actions of governments, however, are not entirely by economic __(5). When a country aims at economic self-sufficiency, the reasons are generally _(6). For example, a country may wish to __(7) its farming industry in order to be able to feed itself in time of war, or it may try to build an iron and ore industry as part of an industrial programme. If a conference is called to consider a reduction of ___(8), a country that had imposed no restrictions on imports would find itself at a _(9), since it would have no ____(10) to offer.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iv).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In the first place, I wish to state my _____(i)_______ belief that poetry should not try to teach, that it should exist simply because it is a created beauty. We do not ask the trees to teach us moral lessons. We know that these texts are ______(ii)_______, but many of us do not yet see that to write an obvious moral all over a work of art, picture, statue, or poem, is not only ridiculous, but ______(iii)______ and offensive.  We distrust a beauty we only half understand, and rush in with our ______(iv)______ suggestions.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (i).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In the first place, I wish to state my _____(i)_______ belief that poetry should not try to teach, that it should exist simply because it is a created beauty. We do not ask the trees to teach us moral lessons. We know that these texts are ______(ii)_______, but many of us do not yet see that to write an obvious moral all over a work of art, picture, statue, or poem, is not only ridiculous, but ______(iii)______ and offensive.  We distrust a beauty we only half understand, and rush in with our ______(iv)______ suggestions.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In the first place, I wish to state my _____(i)_______ belief that poetry should not try to teach, that it should exist simply because it is a created beauty. We do not ask the trees to teach us moral lessons. We know that these texts are ______(ii)_______, but many of us do not yet see that to write an obvious moral all over a work of art, picture, statue, or poem, is not only ridiculous, but ______(iii)______ and offensive.  We distrust a beauty we only half understand, and rush in with our ______(iv)______ suggestions.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (ii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In the first place, I wish to state my _____(i)_______ belief that poetry should not try to teach, that it should exist simply because it is a created beauty. We do not ask the trees to teach us moral lessons. We know that these texts are ______(ii)_______, but many of us do not yet see that to write an obvious moral all over a work of art, picture, statue, or poem, is not only ridiculous, but ______(iii)______ and offensive.  We distrust a beauty we only half understand, and rush in with our ______(iv)______ suggestions.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iv).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The difference in ______(i)______ of parents towards their several children, is sometimes _______(ii)_____; especially in the mothers. As goes a famous saying, “A _____(iii)_____ son rejoices the father, but an ungracious son shames the mother.” Men have a foolish manner in creating and breeding _______(iv)_____ between brothers, during childhood, which may at times disturb the families.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (ii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The difference in ______(i)______ of parents towards their several children, is sometimes _______(ii)_____; especially in the mothers. As goes a famous saying, “A _____(iii)_____ son rejoices the father, but an ungracious son shames the mother.” Men have a foolish manner in creating and breeding _______(iv)_____ between brothers, during childhood, which may at times disturb the families.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (i).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The difference in ______(i)______ of parents towards their several children, is sometimes _______(ii)_____; especially in the mothers. As goes a famous saying, “A _____(iii)_____ son rejoices the father, but an ungracious son shames the mother.” Men have a foolish manner in creating and breeding _______(iv)_____ between brothers, during childhood, which may at times disturb the families.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The difference in ______(i)______ of parents towards their several children, is sometimes _______(ii)_____; especially in the mothers. As goes a famous saying, “A _____(iii)_____ son rejoices the father, but an ungracious son shames the mother.” Men have a foolish manner in creating and breeding _______(iv)_____ between brothers, during childhood, which may at times disturb the families.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iv).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In his famous modern classic, 'The Alchemist', Paulo Coelho says that people are capable of doing what they dream of doing at any point of time in their lives. It was just because of some _______(i)_____  people, who worked with ______(ii)______ that made the world what it is today. When it came to choose between _____(iii)______ and a secured and comfortable life, all those great men showed the _____(iv)______ to ignore the latter.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (iii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In his famous modern classic, 'The Alchemist', Paulo Coelho says that people are capable of doing what they dream of doing at any point of time in their lives. It was just because of some _______(i)_____  people, who worked with ______(ii)______ that made the world what it is today. When it came to choose between _____(iii)______ and a secured and comfortable life, all those great men showed the _____(iv)______ to ignore the latter.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (i).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In his famous modern classic, 'The Alchemist', Paulo Coelho says that people are capable of doing what they dream of doing at any point of time in their lives. It was just because of some _______(i)_____  people, who worked with ______(ii)______ that made the world what it is today. When it came to choose between _____(iii)______ and a secured and comfortable life, all those great men showed the _____(iv)______ to ignore the latter.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (ii).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

In his famous modern classic, 'The Alchemist', Paulo Coelho says that people are capable of doing what they dream of doing at any point of time in their lives. It was just because of some _______(i)_____  people, who worked with ______(ii)______ that made the world what it is today. When it came to choose between _____(iii)______ and a secured and comfortable life, all those great men showed the _____(iv)______ to ignore the latter.

Find the appropriate word and fill blank (i).

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

A few days ago, I had a _____(i)_______ with one of my colleagues about work and stress. Suddenly it came to my mind that, of late, the two have become so _____(ii)______ that they cannot be separated. Work does not come alone and is always accompanied by certain amount of stress as if it is a ______(iii)_____ deal. If somebody is not stressed at work, the general _______(iv)_______ is that either he/she is not working sincerely or not working at all.