Cloze Test

Fill blank (iii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (x).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (vi).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (ii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (viii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (v).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (vii).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (iv).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (i).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Fill blank (ix).

Directions: Read the following passage having some numbered blanks.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to ___(i)___ the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their ___(ii)___. In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be ___(iii)___ heav­enly bodies. But the scientific investigation had ___(iv)___ that sun is an ordinary star and earth is a planet like other planets. After this, man entered the age of the space travel. The invention of rocket was the first step in space travel. Scientists had already ___(v)___ that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first ___(vi)___ of man. A spaceship travel­ling at a speed of 4000 kms per hour can ___(vii)___ this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had ___(viii)___ discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains. Scientists now are trying to find out whether there is life on Mars and they are planning to ___(ix)___ it also. Many centuries after that space travel would be taken as an ___(x)___ by the rich people of the world who can afford a huge amount for satiating their whims.

Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

Motivating employees with traditional authority and financial __(1) __ has become increasingly _____ (2) _____ as employees become economically secure and their dependency on any one particular organization _____ (3) _____ According to expectancy theorists, the motivation to _____ (4) _____ increases when an employee feels his _____ (5) _____ is an instrument for obtaining desired rewards. Nevertheless, in many organisations, today, employees are _____ (6) _____ to organisational rewards just by being employed. Unions, governmental regulations, and the nature of the job itself in some cases _____ (7) _____ management from _____ (8) _____ financial rewards for performance. People may be attracted to join and remain in organisations to receive organisational rewards, but _____ (9) _____ motivated to join an organisation is _____ (10) _____ the same as being motivated.

Fill blank (1).

Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

Motivating employees with traditional authority and financial __(1) __ has become increasingly _____ (2) _____ as employees become economically secure and their dependency on any one particular organization _____ (3) _____ According to expectancy theorists, the motivation to _____ (4) _____ increases when an employee feels his _____ (5) _____ is an instrument for obtaining desired rewards. Nevertheless, in many organisations, today, employees are _____ (6) _____ to organisational rewards just by being employed. Unions, governmental regulations, and the nature of the job itself in some cases _____ (7) _____ management from _____ (8) _____ financial rewards for performance. People may be attracted to join and remain in organisations to receive organisational rewards, but _____ (9) _____ motivated to join an organisation is _____ (10) _____ the same as being motivated.

Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

Motivating employees with traditional authority and financial __(1) __ has become increasingly _____ (2) _____ as employees become economically secure and their dependency on any one particular organization _____ (3) _____ According to expectancy theorists, the motivation to _____ (4) _____ increases when an employee feels his _____ (5) _____ is an instrument for obtaining desired rewards. Nevertheless, in many organisations, today, employees are _____ (6) _____ to organisational rewards just by being employed. Unions, governmental regulations, and the nature of the job itself in some cases _____ (7) _____ management from _____ (8) _____ financial rewards for performance. People may be attracted to join and remain in organisations to receive organisational rewards, but _____ (9) _____ motivated to join an organisation is _____ (10) _____ the same as being motivated.

Fill blank (2).

Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

Motivating employees with traditional authority and financial __(1) __ has become increasingly _____ (2) _____ as employees become economically secure and their dependency on any one particular organization _____ (3) _____ According to expectancy theorists, the motivation to _____ (4) _____ increases when an employee feels his _____ (5) _____ is an instrument for obtaining desired rewards. Nevertheless, in many organisations, today, employees are _____ (6) _____ to organisational rewards just by being employed. Unions, governmental regulations, and the nature of the job itself in some cases _____ (7) _____ management from _____ (8) _____ financial rewards for performance. People may be attracted to join and remain in organisations to receive organisational rewards, but _____ (9) _____ motivated to join an organisation is _____ (10) _____ the same as being motivated.

Directions: In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered.

Motivating employees with traditional authority and financial __(1) __ has become increasingly _____ (2) _____ as employees become economically secure and their dependency on any one particular organization _____ (3) _____ According to expectancy theorists, the motivation to _____ (4) _____ increases when an employee feels his _____ (5) _____ is an instrument for obtaining desired rewards. Nevertheless, in many organisations, today, employees are _____ (6) _____ to organisational rewards just by being employed. Unions, governmental regulations, and the nature of the job itself in some cases _____ (7) _____ management from _____ (8) _____ financial rewards for performance. People may be attracted to join and remain in organisations to receive organisational rewards, but _____ (9) _____ motivated to join an organisation is _____ (10) _____ the same as being motivated.