Cloze Passage with Multiple Choice Answers – Cloze Test one of the most important topics in the English Language.
In a Cloze Test question, the candidates are given a passage in which certain words/sentences are missing in between. The candidates are required to fill the given blanks from the options in a way that is in line with the flow and context of the whole passage.
Directions: In the following passage (1 to 10), 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.
The library, if used properly”, is invaluable in helping you develop discernment. It is rich.....(1)..... information that goes far beyond the.....(2).....of any one textbook or course.....(3).....your textbook author does not make a particular.....(4).....clear and you feel the need......(5).....another description in greater detail.....(6).....in other words, go to the library and.....(7).....other books on the subject. By calling.....(8).....two or three writers dealing with the.....(9).....topic, you will find some.....(10).....of certain facts. In seeking additional sources, you will have gained immeasurably, for you will have seen what several experts perceive as being particularly important on a common subject
1. (A) of (B) for
(C) in (D) with
1. (A) Pages (B) limits
(C) confines (D) limitations
3. (A) If (B) While
(C) When (D) Suppose
4. (A) information (B) entry
(C) explanation (D) point
5. (A) for (B) of
(C) to (D) about
6. (A) or (B) but
(C) though (D) however
7. (A) verify (B) identify
(C) check (D) collect
8. (A) for (B) up
(C) forth (D) upon
9. (A) actual (B) specific
(C) correct (D) same
10. (A) description (B) clarification
(C) explanation (D) evidence
Answers : 1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B)
Directions (Q.11-20): In the following passage, some of the words have been left us. First, read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fills in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
More animals, including the great cats, do not ....(11)....man and they do their best to ....(12)....him. My brain turns round and round like a....(13)....at this odd behaviour. The explanation that the animals ....(14).... that man is a killer is ...(15).... believable.
To me, men are comparatively ....(16).... and defenceless Animals are more agile and ....(17) than man. Nevertheless, it is a fact that animals ....(18).... avoid man. My view is shared ....(19).... other hunters that man has developed a .... (20)... armour.
11. (A) prefer (B) admire
(C) hate (D) like
12. (A) avoid (B) shirk
(C) kill (D) overpower
13. (A) circle (B) cloud
(C) wheel (D) whirlwind
14. (A) know (B) believe
(C) feel (D) see
15. (A) unbelievably (B) generally
(C) hardly (D) particularly
16. (A) strong (B) weak
(C) powerful (D) fragile
17. (A) rapid (B) alert
(C) brisk (D) docile
18. (A) seldom (B) never
(C) normally (D) occasionally
19. (A) with (B) by
(C) along (D) among
20. (A) friendly (B) strange
(C) defensive (D) fearful
Answers : 11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (C)
Directions (Q. 21-30): In the following passage, 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. Mark your answer in the answer sheet.
Man’s basic aggressiveness is a fact and is the emotional factor for all the bloody violence that has marked human history since the beginning. His ‘technology has never been as perfectly....(21)... as in the weapons, he makes to....(22)....his brothers. The plough has changed very.... (23).... in design from the time man took.... (24).... cultivation. But swords have not become....(25)..., and the rifle, with which one man kills another, is a.... (26).... in comparison ‘to the stone and....(27)....with which he used to .... (28).... his adversaries in the earliest stage of civilisation. Nuclear....(29)....has designs that nature can never ...(30).... They are wonders of technological creation.
21. (A) operated (B) implemented
(C) employed (D) deployed
22. (A) shoot (B) injure
(C) wound (D) kill
23. (A) much (B) little
(C) slightly (D) radically
24. (A) in (B) to
(C) into (D) over
25. (A) swordfishes (B) penknives
(C) featherweights (D) ploughshares
26. (A) miracle (B) masterpiece
(C) legend (D) model
27. (A) battleaxe (B) spear
(C) sword (D) stick
28. (A) slaughter (B) penalise
(C) reform (D) belabour
29. (A) bomb (B) science
(C) weaponry (D) research
30. (A) fabricate (B) generate
(C) formulate (D) emulate
Answers : 21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (A) 27. (A) 28. (A) 29. (C) 30. (C)
Directions: In the following passage (1 to 10), 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.
The library, if used properly”, is invaluable in helping you develop discernment. It is rich.....(1)..... information that goes far beyond the.....(2).....of any one textbook or course.....(3).....your textbook author does not make a particular.....(4).....clear and you feel the need......(5).....another description in greater detail.....(6).....in other words, go to the library and.....(7).....other books on the subject. By calling.....(8).....two or three writers dealing with the.....(9).....topic, you will find some.....(10).....of certain facts. In seeking additional sources, you will have gained immeasurably, for you will have seen what several experts perceive as being particularly important on a common subject
1. (A) of (B) for
(C) in (D) with
1. (A) Pages (B) limits
(C) confines (D) limitations
3. (A) If (B) While
(C) When (D) Suppose
4. (A) information (B) entry
(C) explanation (D) point
5. (A) for (B) of
(C) to (D) about
6. (A) or (B) but
(C) though (D) however
7. (A) verify (B) identify
(C) check (D) collect
8. (A) for (B) up
(C) forth (D) upon
9. (A) actual (B) specific
(C) correct (D) same
10. (A) description (B) clarification
(C) explanation (D) evidence
Answers : 1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (D) 10. (B)
Directions (Q.11-20): In the following passage, some of the words have been left us. First, read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fills in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
More animals, including the great cats, do not ....(11)....man and they do their best to ....(12)....him. My brain turns round and round like a....(13)....at this odd behaviour. The explanation that the animals ....(14).... that man is a killer is ...(15).... believable.
To me, men are comparatively ....(16).... and defenceless Animals are more agile and ....(17) than man. Nevertheless, it is a fact that animals ....(18).... avoid man. My view is shared ....(19).... other hunters that man has developed a .... (20)... armour.
11. (A) prefer (B) admire
(C) hate (D) like
12. (A) avoid (B) shirk
(C) kill (D) overpower
13. (A) circle (B) cloud
(C) wheel (D) whirlwind
14. (A) know (B) believe
(C) feel (D) see
15. (A) unbelievably (B) generally
(C) hardly (D) particularly
16. (A) strong (B) weak
(C) powerful (D) fragile
17. (A) rapid (B) alert
(C) brisk (D) docile
18. (A) seldom (B) never
(C) normally (D) occasionally
19. (A) with (B) by
(C) along (D) among
20. (A) friendly (B) strange
(C) defensive (D) fearful
Answers : 11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (C)
Directions (Q. 21-30): In the following passage, 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. Mark your answer in the answer sheet.
Man’s basic aggressiveness is a fact and is the emotional factor for all the bloody violence that has marked human history since the beginning. His ‘technology has never been as perfectly....(21)... as in the weapons, he makes to....(22)....his brothers. The plough has changed very.... (23).... in design from the time man took.... (24).... cultivation. But swords have not become....(25)..., and the rifle, with which one man kills another, is a.... (26).... in comparison ‘to the stone and....(27)....with which he used to .... (28).... his adversaries in the earliest stage of civilisation. Nuclear....(29)....has designs that nature can never ...(30).... They are wonders of technological creation.
21. (A) operated (B) implemented
(C) employed (D) deployed
22. (A) shoot (B) injure
(C) wound (D) kill
23. (A) much (B) little
(C) slightly (D) radically
24. (A) in (B) to
(C) into (D) over
25. (A) swordfishes (B) penknives
(C) featherweights (D) ploughshares
26. (A) miracle (B) masterpiece
(C) legend (D) model
27. (A) battleaxe (B) spear
(C) sword (D) stick
28. (A) slaughter (B) penalise
(C) reform (D) belabour
29. (A) bomb (B) science
(C) weaponry (D) research
30. (A) fabricate (B) generate
(C) formulate (D) emulate
Answers : 21. (B) 22. (D) 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (A) 27. (A) 28. (A) 29. (C) 30. (C)
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