CLOZE TEST-TEST 13 Welcome to your CLOZE TEST-TEST 13 Name Email DIRECTIONS Qs. 1-5: Below, a passage is given with five blanks. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer None 1. Seeking to__A____ with the market pressure, those made responsible for running schools often tend to forget that the ___B___ group being addressed by them consists of those in their ___C___years, that is, small children still in the processof learning their primary language. Giving an opportunity to someone to express his thoughts and thus to look for new words and coin new sentences, is the best way out to ___D___ his language. An enlightened parent or a school worth its name will use such an opportunity as a first step towards the much-desired __E____ of the reading habit. But how many of us do it? Which of the following words should fill in the blank (A) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence? (a) carry-on (b) put-on (c) cope (d) pick-up (e) relinquish None 2. Seeking to__A____ with the market pressure, those made responsible for running schools often tend to forget that the ___B___ group being addressed by them consists of those in their ___C___years, that is, small children still in the processof learning their primary language. Giving an opportunity to someone to express his thoughts and thus to look for new words and coin new sentences, is the best way out to ___D___ his language. An enlightened parent or a school worth its name will use such an opportunity as a first step towards the much-desired __E____ of the reading habit. But how many of us do it? Which of the following words should fill in the blank (B) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence? (a) favourite (b) sample (c) target (d) audience (e) experimental None 3. Seeking to__A____ with the market pressure, those made responsible for running schools often tend to forget that the ___B___ group being addressed by them consists of those in their ___C___years, that is, small children still in the processof learning their primary language. Giving an opportunity to someone to express his thoughts and thus to look for new words and coin new sentences, is the best way out to ___D___ his language. An enlightened parent or a school worth its name will use such an opportunity as a first step towards the much-desired __E____ of the reading habit. But how many of us do it? Which of the following words should fill in the blank (C) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence? (a) former (b) formative (c) making (d) scholarly (e) infancy None 4. Seeking to__A____ with the market pressure, those made responsible for running schools often tend to forget that the ___B___ group being addressed by them consists of those in their ___C___years, that is, small children still in the processof learning their primary language. Giving an opportunity to someone to express his thoughts and thus to look for new words and coin new sentences, is the best way out to ___D___ his language. An enlightened parent or a school worth its name will use such an opportunity as a first step towards the much-desired __E____ of the reading habit. But how many of us do it? Which of the following words should fill in the blank (D) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence? (a) rejuvenate (b) explore (c) debilitate (d) strengthen (e) solidify None 5. Seeking to__A____ with the market pressure, those made responsible for running schools often tend to forget that the ___B___ group being addressed by them consists of those in their ___C___years, that is, small children still in the processof learning their primary language. Giving an opportunity to someone to express his thoughts and thus to look for new words and coin new sentences, is the best way out to ___D___ his language. An enlightened parent or a school worth its name will use such an opportunity as a first step towards the much-desired __E____ of the reading habit. But how many of us do it? Which of the following words should fill in the blank (E) to make a contextually correct and meaningful sentence? (a) vice (b) inculcation (c) ingestion (d) harvesting (e) incubation None Time's up