Directions : In these following passages some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
Passage-1
There is a dark shadow (1) over the world. It is the shadow of drought. It
(2) from India to the US, from the Middle East to Australia. Temperatures
worldwide are on the (3). Lakes and rivers are (4) up. Cattle and other animals
are (5) and crops are withering.Indeed, it seems Mother Earth is in the throes of (6) changes. The (7) of these changes are (8) and devastating. Since the seventies, (9) temperatures have gone (10) by 13.8° F to 14°F. The small changes in temperature can cause terrible calamities like droughts, floods, cyclones, etc.
1. (a) assembling (b) gathered (c) galloping (d) looming (Ans : d)
2. (a) spreads (b) starts (c) appears (d) hides (Ans : a)
3. (a) scaling (b) average (c) rise (d) thermometer (Ans : c)
4. (a) drowned (b) drying (c) filled (d) fed (Ans : b)
5. (a) thirsty (b) dying (c) grazing (d) suffered (Ans : b)
6. (a) trivial (b) worldwide (c) irreversible (d) climatic (Ans : d)
7. (a) requirements (b) problem (c) demands (d) implications (Ans : d)
8. (a) negligible (b) minimal (c) slower (d) wide (Ans : d)
9. (a) measurable (b) room (c) global (d) absolute (Ans : c)
10. (a) up (b) down (c) widening (d) changes (Ans : a)
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Passage-2
New public opinion polls of Israelis and Palestinians (1) important (2) that
accurately reflect the situation on the (3) and in people's minds : a short-term
(4) of positions and a tendency towards political or military (5) combined with
a longer-term (6) of a political solution that responds to the (7) rights of
both sides. In other words, we witness the apparent (8) of short-term loss of
faith in the peace process, but long-term (9) in a negotiated peace (10).1. (a) underlie (b) forecast (c) reflect (d) reveal (Ans : d)
2. (a) modes (b) trends (c) forecasts (d) signs (Ans : b)
3. (a) ground (b) heart (c) reality (d) brain (Ans : a)
4. (a) softening (b) shrinking (c) restructuring (d) hardening (Ans : d)
5. (a) threat (b) fear (c) terror (d) psyche (Ans : c)
6. (a) maintenance (b) acceptance (c) searching (d) introduction (Ans : b)
7. (a) just (b) holy (c) fair (d) legitimate (Ans : d)
8. (a) possibility (b) reality (c) doomsday (d) dichotomy (Ans : d)
9. (a) acquiescence (b) longing (c) approval (d) acceptance (Ans : a)
10. (a) treaty (b) agreement (c) challenge (d) accord (Ans : d)
