CLOZE TEST - 6

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 - X

We all like listening to 1._____ and the person who is good 2.______ telling stories will always be a 3._______ member of any company. The art 4._______ good story-telling covers much more than 5._______ up fabulous adventures; it includes telling 6._______ the doings of living people or 7._______ men and women of the past, 8.________ your own travels and adventures and 9._______, about the books you have read 10._______ the films you have seen.

1.

  1. lectures
  2. theories
  3. stories

2.

  1. on
  2. at
  3. by

3.

  1. popular
  2. good
  3. necessary

4.

  1. on
  2. of
  3. at

5.

  1. describing
  2. making
  3. showing

6.

  1. about
  2. by
  3. for

7.

  1. insignificant
  2. dead
  3. famous

8.

  1. in
  2. about
  3. through

9.

  1. experiences
  2. desires
  3. worries

10.

  1. either
  2. all
  3. and


 

PRACTICE PASSAGE - X (contd)

Practising 11._____ art of story-telling can be very 12.______ too. It will help you to 13._______ clearly and logically, to sort out 14._______ ideas to express yourself clearly and 15._______, to gain and hold the attention 16._______ others. It will help you to 17._______ off shyness and self-consciousness, and give 18.________ that feeling of freedom 19._______ is so important to 20._______ in life.

11.

  1. an
  2. a
  3. the

12.

  1. useful
  2. dangerous
  3. contagious

13.

  1. listen
  2. remember
  3. think

14.

  1. her
  2. their
  3. your

15.

  1. timidly
  2. effectively
  3. bluntly

16.

  1. at
  2. on
  3. of

17.

  1. shake
  2. lay
  3. hit

18.

  1. she
  2. you
  3. I

19.

  1. then
  2. what
  3. which

20.

  1. success
  2. victory
  3. gain



 

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