CLOZE TEST - 3

SELECTING WORDS IN A PASSAGE

In the following passage, at certain points you are given a choice of four words one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Click on the option which you think is most suitable at the point. You can change the option to know correct answer. Press the reset button to try again.

PRACTICE PASSAGE - V

Mass communication is the delivery of 1._____ ideas and entertainment to thousands or millions of 2._____ simultaneously; it is a force with incalculable 3._____ on today's world. The 4._____ of mass communication rests 5._____ the skills of the communicator to 6._____ the recipient's thinking 7._____ stir emotions, to 8._____ him or her to 9._____ Mass communication is the one-to-one impact of one human intelligence upon 10._____ carried on thousand fold simultaneously among individuals who have no direct personal contact.

1.

  1. items
  2. news
  3. advertisements
  4. cartoons

2.

  1. people
  2. pictures
  3. advertisements
  4. items

3.

  1. worth
  2. impact
  3. force
  4. value

4.

  1. dynamism
  2. force
  3. success
  4. power

5.

  1. against
  2. under
  3. to
  4. upon

6.

  1. stimulate
  2. agitate
  3. understand
  4. minimize

7.

  1. for
  2. to
  3. with
  4. from

8.

  1. encourage
  2. persuade
  3. discourage
  4. endanger

9.

  1. direction
  2. function
  3. action
  4. mission

10.

  1. another
  2. people
  3. man
  4. women


 

PRACTICE PASSAGE - VI

Ernest Hemingway was 1._____ of America’s most beloved authors. He was born in 1898. 2._____ World war I he served 3._____ a volunteer ambulance driver in Italy, 4._____ later served in the Italian infantry. Hemingway 5._____ badly wounded in 1918. Hemingway’s wartime experience 6._____ a considerable influence 7._____ his writing. In fact 8._____ of his novels focus on the need for physical and psychological strength to 9._____ difficulty and often violence. He was quite disillusioned 10._____ the war.

1.

  1. best
  2. one
  3. alone
  4. only

2.

  1. In
  2. For
  3. During
  4. At

3.

  1. becoming
  2. working
  3. like
  4. as

4.

  1. than
  2. and
  3. when
  4. while

5.

  1. has
  2. had
  3. is
  4. was

6.

  1. has been
  2. had
  3. had been
  4. has

7.

  1. in
  2. on
  3. for
  4. at

8.

  1. mostly
  2. much
  3. more
  4. most

9.

  1. cope at
  2. cope with
  3. cope down
  4. cope up

10.

  1. for
  2. in
  3. at
  4. by



 

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