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Cloze Test

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Cloze Test Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to (1) the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their (2). In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be (3) celestial bodies. But the scientific investigation had 4) 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 (5) that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first (6) of man. A spaceship travelling at a speed of 4000 km per hour can (7) this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had (8) discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains.

Fill in the blanks (3)

  1. secret

  2. sacred

  3. scared

  4. stealthy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Sacred' means 'holy'. Other words have completely different meanings.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to (1) the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their (2). In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be (3) celestial bodies. But the scientific investigation had 4) 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 (5) that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first (6) of man. A spaceship travelling at a speed of 4000 km per hour can (7) this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had (8) discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains.

Fill in the blanks (4)

  1. pointed

  2. experienced

  3. produced

  4. proven
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Proven' means to establish truth by the required amount of evidence. �The scientific investigation had proven that��� means "it has established that�..". Other words reflect different meanings.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to (1) the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their (2). In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be (3) celestial bodies. But the scientific investigation had 4) 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 (5) that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first (6) of man. A spaceship travelling at a speed of 4000 km per hour can (7) this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had (8) discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains.

Fill in the blanks (5)

  1. discovered

  2. invented

  3. anticipated

  4. fabricated
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Discovered' means to learn about something which was already there. 'Anticipated' means expected whereas 'invented' and 'fabricated' mean to make up.  Hence, option (1) is the correct answer. �Scientists had already discovered that��

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to (1) the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their (2). In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be (3) celestial bodies. But the scientific investigation had 4) 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 (5) that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first (6) of man. A spaceship travelling at a speed of 4000 km per hour can (7) this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had (8) discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains.

Fill in the blanks (6)

  1. hope

  2. attack

  3. prey

  4. target
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Target' means the goal intended to be attained. Other words have similar meanings, but their usage is completely different and unsuitable in this context.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to (1) the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their (2). In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be (3) celestial bodies. But the scientific investigation had 4) 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 (5) that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first (6) of man. A spaceship travelling at a speed of 4000 km per hour can (7) this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had (8) discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains.

Fill in the blanks (7)

  1. extend

  2. cover

  3. overlay

  4. defend
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Cover' means to travel or pass over. 'Overlay' means spread whereas 'defend' means to guard. Hence, 'cover' is the right answer. Other words would not fit the context.

Multiple choice

Directions: In the following passage, there are some numbered blanks. Fill in the blanks by selecting the most appropriate word for each blank from the given options.

Many people have sacrificed their lives to (1) the thirst for knowledge and to satisfy their (2). In the olden days people used to worship sun and moon thinking them to be (3) celestial bodies. But the scientific investigation had 4) 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 (5) that there was neither air nor water on the moon. The moon was the first (6) of man. A spaceship travelling at a speed of 4000 km per hour can (7) this distance in 10 hours. The scientists had (8) discovered that the surface of moon was rough and full of craters, rocks and mountains.

Fill in the blanks (8)

  1. further

  2. farther

  3. distantly

  4. more
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

'Further' means �in addition; furthermore�. 'Farther' and 'distantly' represent distance. 'More' has a similar meaning to further, but its usage would be inappropriate. Hence, 'further' is the right option.

Multiple choice drama reading comprehension english

Read the passage and accordingly, fill in the blank:

Aegeon: Not know my voice! O time's extremity,
Not know my voice! O time's extremity,

Hast thou so crack'd and splitted my poor tongue
In seven short years, that here my only son
Knows not my feeble key of untuned cares?
Though now this grained face of mine be hid
In sap-consuming winter's drizzled snow,
And all the conduits of my blood froze up,
Yet hath my night of life some memory,
My wasting lamps some fading glimmer left,
My dull deaf ears a little use to hear:
All these old witnesses--I cannot err--
Tell me thou art my son Antipholus.

Antipholus of Ephesus: I never saw my father in my life.

Aegeon: But seven years since, in Syracusa, boy,
Thou know'st we parted: but perhaps, my son,
Thou shamest to acknowledge me in misery.

Antipholus of Ephesus: The duke and all that know me in the city
Can witness with me that it is not so
I ne'er saw Syracusa in my life.

Duke Solinus: I tell thee, Syracusian, twenty years
Have I been patron to Antipholus,
During which time he ne'er saw Syracusa:
I see thy age and dangers make thee dote.

Re-enter AEMILIA, with ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse and DROMIO of Syracuse

Aemilia: Most mighty duke, behold a man much wrong'd

All gather to see them

Adriana: I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me.

Duke Solinus: One of these men is Genius to the other;
And so of these. Which is the natural man,
And which the spirit? who deciphers them?

Dromio of Syracuse: I, sir, am Dromio; command him away.

Dromio of Ephesus: I, sir, am Dromio; pray, let me stay.

The passage above is an extract from a ___________.

  1. tragedy

  2. farce

  3. political play

  4. historical enactment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Farce is a comic dramatic work that uses exaggerations and highly improbable situations to entertain. The given passage is characterized by all these elements. So, the passage can be classified as a farce. Option B is the correct answer.