Cloze Test
Textbook Exercises Page : 123
Complete the following cloze test by filling in the blanks with the suitable words given below.
Click the correct word
Exercise 1
If we want to make ___(1)___, let’s put ourselves out to do things for
___(2)___ people - things that require time, energy, unselfishness and thoughtfulness.
When the Duke of Windsor was Prince of Wales, he was scheduled to tour South America, and
___(3)___ he started out on that tour he spent months studying Spanish
___(4)___ that he could make public talks in the language of the country; and the South Americans
___(5)___ him for it.
1.
friends /
enemies /
relatives
2.
our /
your /
other
3.
after /
before /
during
4.
and /
so /
but
5.
lovely /
loved /
lovingly
Exercise 2
There are also echoes of Einstein in Hawking on a ___(1)___ personal level.
Their natural inquisitiveness and extraordinary intellects failed to shine
___(2)___ the constraints of early, formal education.
On a related note, ___(3)___ men found their mathematical knowledge sometimes
___(4)___ behind the advances in their theoretical thinking.
In other words, both have at times struggled to conquer the maths that
___(5)___ the phenomena they can visualize in their minds.
1.
more /
most /
many
2.
without /
within /
with other
3.
each /
Both /
other
4.
lag /
lagged /
lagging
5.
explains /
examples /
enters
Exercise 3
Looking back on my days as ___(1)___ young scientist,
I am aware that one of the most constant and powerful urges I experienced was my
___(2)___ to be more than what I was at that moment.
I desired to feel more, learn more, express more. I desired to
___(3)___ improve, purify, expand.
All I had was the inner urge to seek more within
___(4)___.
After all, what is life but a
___(5)___ of unsolved problems?
1.
an /
a /
the
2.
desire /
need /
demand
3.
growth /
grow /
grew
4.
himself /
myself /
yourself
5.
mixture /
medium /
mobile
Exercise 4
Technology is great if we’re in control of it. It’s not so great if it takes control
___(1)___ us.
For example, if you have to write a research paper, you might sit down at your computer and use Google to look
___(2)___ the information you need.
However, if you’re not very disciplined, you might end up surfing the Web instead of writing that paper.
In that case, Google and the Internet will have taken
___(3)___ pulling you out of your state of flow.
It has been scientifically shown that if we continually ask our brains
___(4)___ switch back and forth between tasks, we waste time, make more mistakes, and remember less
___(5)___ what we’ve done.
1.
of /
on /
for
2.
in /
up /
at
3.
under /
over /
into
4.
to /
in /
of
5.
on /
at /
of
Exercise 5
A business executive ___(1)___ me that he puts his dependence upon the “emergency powers of the human brain.”
It is his theory, and a ___(2)___ one, that a human being possesses extra powers that may be tapped and
___(3)___ under emergency situations.
In the ordinary conduct of day-by-day living, these emergency powers
___(4)___ dormant, but under extraordinary circumstances the personality is able, when called upon, to deliver extra power if
___(5)___.
1.
tell /
told /
telling
2.
sound /
sounded /
sounding
3.
utilize /
utilized /
utilization
4.
lies /
lie /
lied
5.
needed /
need /
needing
Exercise 6
The baby elephant wasn’t out of place in our home in north India
___(1)___ India is where elephants belong, and in any case our house was full of pets
___(2)___ home by Grandfather.
___(3)___ the cassowary bird was different.
Grandfather had picked it up
___(4)___ a voyage to Singapore, where he’d been given the bird by a rubber planter who’d got it from a Dutch
___(5)___.
1.
but /
because /
so
2.
brought /
bring /
bringing
3.
so /
but /
or
4.
for /
in /
on
5.
trade /
trader /
trading
Exercise 7
Rogers, summoned before the court, had
___(1)___ little to tell.
He had been busy all the morning about household duties and with the
___(2)___ of lunch.
He had taken cocktails on to the terrace before lunch and had
___(3)___ gone up to remove his things.
He had not looked
___(4)___ of the window during the morning.
He would swear definitely that there
___(5)___ been eight china figures.
1.
vary /
very /
verify
2.
preparation /
prepare /
preparedness
3.
than /
then /
there
4.
from /
out /
in
5.
had /
have /
has
Exercise 8
“No more delays, comrades!” cried Napoleon when the footprints had been examined.
“There is work to be done. This very morning we
___(1)___ rebuilding the windmill, and we will
___(2)___ all through the winter, rain or shine.
We will teach this miserable traitor that he cannot
___(3)___ our work so easily.
Remember, comrades, there must be no alteration in our plans: they shall be carried
___(4)___ to the day.
Forward, comrades! Long live the windmill! Long
___(5)___ Animal Farm!”
1.
begin /
began /
begins
2.
build /
built /
builds
3.
do /
undo /
redo
4.
on /
out /
with
5.
lives /
live /
leave
Exercise 9
He could not
___(1)___ the green of the shore now but only the tops of the blue hills that showed white as
___(2)___ they were snow-capped and the clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them.
The sea was very dark and the light
___(3)___ prisms in the water.
The myriad
___(4)___ of the plankton were annulled now by the high sun and it was only the great deep prisms in the blue water that the old man saw now with his lines going straight down
___(5)___ the water that was a mile deep.
1.
see /
saw /
seen
2.
though /
through /
thought
3.
make /
made /
making
4.
flecks /
flicks /
fleas
5.
in /
into /
on
Exercise 10
“Listen to me
___(1)___.
I will give you fifty copies of this and you will take them to the army camp at Belliali.
The poor fellows there cannot have any
___(2)___ of what is happening in the world since they are not allowed to listen in to truth, but only to the cock-and-bull stories that the British War Department
___(3)___.
Our boys must
___(4)___ the truth.
It is our duty to propagate
___(5)___ wherever it may be.”
1.
careful /
carefully /
caring
2.
nation /
notion /
negotiation
3.
issue /
issues /
issuing
4.
know /
knows /
have been knowing
5.
true /
truth /
truly
Textbook Example 1
Health is the greatest wealth. A person who
___(1)___ fit and healthy can enjoy life fully.
Balanced diet and regular exercise play an important role
___(2)___ maintaining good health.
We must also drink clean water and avoid junk food, which often is
___(3)___ for the body.
Mental health is equally important; one should practice activities like yoga and meditation to stay
___(4)___.
In the end, discipline and healthy habits always help us to remain
___(5)___ in life.
1.
is /
are /
was
2.
at /
in /
for
3.
harmful /
harmfully /
harm
4.
calm /
sadness /
tiring
5.
successful /
failure /
success
Textbook Example 2
Jill was walking to her class slowly. She was worried
___(1)___ the History test she would have to
___(2)___ that morning.
As she was reaching the classroom, a piece of paper suddenly fluttered down and
___(3)___ near her feet.
As Jill glanced down at the paper, her heart nearly
___(4)___ a beat.
It was the History test paper complete
___(5)___ answers!
1.
with /
about /
along
2.
take /
get /
do
3.
came /
landed /
went
4.
slowed /
missed /
got
5.
in /
for /
with
Textbook Example 3
Oliver set out to walk to London. He had nothing in his pocket but a crust of bread.
When that
___(1)___ gone, he had to beg for food.
When the weather was fine, he
___(2)___ on a field or under a hedge.
He was cold, tired, hungry and ragged. His feet
___(3)___ torn and bleeding.
___(4)___ on he went for seven days.
Then, early one morning, he
___(5)___ the little town of Barnet, not far from London.
1.
is /
was /
were
2.
sleep /
slept /
sleeping
3.
was /
are /
were
4.
but /
and /
so
5.
enter /
entering /
entered
Textbook Example 4
However, I didn’t care. As
___(1)___ student of history, I had read Hiuen Tsang’s book Si-Yu-Ki.
Before Tsang’s travel to India, everybody discouraged him from making the journey on foot, but he
___(2)___ to listen and decided to go.
In time, he became
___(3)___ for his seventeen-year-long journey to India.
Taking
___(4)___ from Tsang, I told my family, ‘I want to do engineering.
Come what may, I am ready for the
___(5)___ of my actions.’
1.
a /
an /
the
2.
agreed /
refused /
nodded
3.
fancy /
famous /
notorious
4.
courage /
Courageous /
Courageously
5.
complete /
Complicated /
consequences
Textbook Example 5
We live in a galaxy that is about one hundred thousand light-years across and
___(1)___ slowly rotating;
the stars in its spiral arms orbit
___(2)___ its centre about once every several hundred million years.
Our sun is just
___(3)___ ordinary, average-sized, yellow star, near the inner edge
___(4)___ one of the spiral arms.
We have certainly come a long way since Aristotle and Ptolemy, when we thought
___(5)___ the earth was the centre of the universe!
1.
is /
are /
was
2.
about /
around /
along
3.
a /
an /
the
4.
of /
on /
with
5.
this /
that /
than
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