CLOZE TEST - 4

SELECTING WORDS IN A PASSAGE

In the following passage, at certain points you are given a choice of three 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 - VII

I was engaged in many activities and I wanted a proper reconciliation between my activity and thought. Thought without 1._____ is undeveloped thought. Action without 2.______ is folly. Of course we 3._______ act on some impulse or 4._______ urge. If suddenly you throw 5._______ brick at me and my 6._______ goes up in front to 7._______ myself, it is an automatic, 8.________ action and not a result 9._______ deliberate thought.

1.

  1. wish
  2. action
  3. idea

2.

  1. thought
  2. wish
  3. idea

3.

  1. never
  2. belatedly
  3. sometimes

4.

  1. peaceful
  2. uncontrollable
  3. indisputable

5.

  1. no
  2. an
  3. a

6.

  1. hand
  2. wrist
  3. finger

7.

  1. stimulate
  2. rescue
  3. protect

8.

  1. uncontrollable
  2. instinctive
  3. impulsive

9.

  1. to
  2. in
  3. of


 

PRACTICE PASSAGE - VII (contd)

Our living is 10._______ by a series of automatic 11.________ from morning till night. Anything 12.__________ do outside that common range of 13._______ however, has to be 14._______ by some measure of thinking. 15._______ more action and thought are 16.________ and integrated, the more effective 17._______ become and the happier you 18._______ there will then be no 19.________ between a wish to do something and 20.__________ to act.

10.

  1. made
  2. conditioned
  3. developed

11.

  1. thoughts
  2. actions
  3. wishes

12.

  1. we
  2. I
  3. they

13.

  1. thoughts
  2. ideas
  3. actions

14.

  1. proceeded
  2. preceded
  3. followed

15.

  1. Some
  2. If
  3. The

16.

  1. developed
  2. allied
  3. hostile

17.

  1. they
  2. thoughts
  3. we

18.

  1. appear
  2. develop
  3. grow

19.

  1. reconciliation
  2. conflict
  3. inflict

20.

  1. inability
  2. probability
  3. plausibility



 

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