CBSE Class 4 English Cloze Test Assignment

Directions for questions (576–575): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the pas-sage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

It was a sudden decision. Three of us, all (576) in the hostel, decided to travel by train to (577) and witness the Republic Day Parade. The station was heavily (578) and there was a long queue before the ticket counter. (579) pretended sickness and persuaded the man nearest to the (580) to buy three more tickets, one for him and (581) for his sisters. No problem, therefore, in buying tickets. (582) train was already at the platform and there was (583) mad rush among the passengers to get on the coaches. Hari would not be worried by (584). He asked (585) to jump over the bumper between two coaches to get on to the other side.

Question 576.
(a) roommates
(b) strangers
(c) classmates
(d) friends
Answer : A

Question 577.
(a) Calcutta
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Chennai
(d) Delhi
Answer : D

Question 578.
(a) guarded
(b) thronged
(c) crowded
(d) filled
Answer : C

Question 579.
(a) She
(b) Hari
(c) They
(d) You
Answer : B

Question 580.
(a) door
(b) window
(c) counter
(d) enhance
Answer : C

Question 581.
(a) three
(b) four
(c) one
(d) two
Answer : D

Question 582.
(a) The
(b) A
(c) An
(d) No
Answer : A

Question 583.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) not
Answer : A

Question 584.
(a) things
(b) everything
(c) anything
(d) something
Answer : C

Question 585.
(a) them
(b) us
(c) we
(d) they
Answer : B

Directions for questions (586–595): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the pas-sage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Everyone considers food, shelter, clothing and medical care to be the basic needs for a comfortable living. Even the government accepts this and (586) to provide all these. But very (587) people know that energy required for (588) and heating is also one of (589) basic needs. We are all aware (590) our country has achieved self-sufficiency in (591) but we have to go a (592) way (593) in order to (594) sufficiency in the (595) of energy.

Question 586.
(a) assures
(b) loves
(c) hates
(d) promises
Answer : A

Question 587.
(a) little
(b) small
(c) few
(d) less
Answer : C

Question 588.
(a) cooking
(b) living
(c) eating
(d) sleeping
Answer : A

Question 589.
(a) theirs
(b) such
(c) a
(d) our
Answer : D

Question 590.
(a) this
(b) that
(c) what
(d) how
Answer : B

Question 591.
(a) food
(b) resources
(c) weapon
(d) heating
Answer : A

Question 592.
(a) some
(b) all
(c) long
(d) hard
Answer : C

Question 593.
(a) but
(b) bet
(c) out
(d) yet
Answer : D

Question 594.
(a) provide
(b) serve
(c) achieve
(d) gamer
Answer : C

Question 595.
(a) field
(b) terrain
(c) sector
(d) space
Answer : A

Directions for questions (596–605): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

The true elixir of life near to our hands is the commonest of all liquids and plain water. It has (596) a role of vast significance in (597) the course of earth’s history and (598) to play the leading role in the (599) of life on the surface of our (600) , Indeed, there is nothing here which (601) so much to the beauty of the (602) as water, be it just a little (603) trickling over the rocks or a (604) pond by the way side where animals (605) their thirst.

Question 596.
(a) done
(b) played
(c) created
(d) developed
Answer : B

Question 597.
(a) shaping
(b) solving
(c) preventing
(d) uplifting
Answer : A

Question 598.
(a) decides
(b) continues
(c) prepares
(d) refuses
Answer : B

Question 599.
(a) movement
(b) drama
(c) scene
(d) future
Answer : A

Question 600.
(a) star
(b) constellation
(c) planet
(d) sea
Answer : C

Question 601.
(a) deduces
(b) adds
(c) detracts
(d) brightens
Answer : B

Question 602.
(a) countryside
(b) river
(c) human beings
(d) skies
Answer : C

Question 603.
(a) river
(b) stream
(c) waterfalls
(d) well
Answer : B

Question 604.
(a) dirty
(b) short
(c) huge
(d) little
Answer : C

Question 605.
(a) complete
(b) quench
(c) pamper
(d) destroy
Answer : B

Directions for questions (606–615): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Twenty million years ago, our immediate ancestors probably still lived in the trees. After we came (606) from the trees, we evolved an upright (607); our hands were more useful, being (608). We possessed agility and an excellent binocular (609). We had, in course of time, (610) many of the pre-conditions required for (611) tools. Moreover, there was now a real (612) in possessing a large brain and (613) communicating complex thoughts. Anyway, other things (614) equal, it is better to be smart (615) to be stupid.

Question 606.
(a) across
(b) under
(c) into
(d) down
Answer : D

Question 607.
(a) posture
(b) position
(c) pose
(d) posterior
Answer : A

Question 608.
(a) free
(b) tight
(c) loose
(d) lazy
Answer : A

Question 609.
(a) vision
(b) skill
(c) tools
(d) ability
Answer : A

Question 610.
(a) lost
(b) acquired
(c) demanded
(d) forgotten
Answer : C

Question 611.
(a) malting
(b) doing
(c) sharpening
(d) breaking
Answer : A

Question 612.
(a) use
(b) pride
(c) advantage
(d) right
Answer : C

Question 613.
(a) in
(b) about
(c) upon
(d) on
Answer : A

Question 614.
(a) was
(b) being
(c) been
(d) are
Answer : B

Question 615.
(a) not
(b) rather
(c) than
(d) unless
Answer : C

Directions for questions (616–625): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Just sixty-five million years ago our ancestors were the most unprepossessing of mammals-creatures with the size and intelligence of moles or tree shrews. The earth then (616)1 full of awesome, nightmarish lizards which (617) virtually every ecological niche. Some of (618) had very large brains, an upright (619) and two little front legs very much (620) hands, which they used dexterously to (621) small animals for dinner, But then (622) did not survive. Sadly, in one (623) event every one of them was (624) And no one knows what wiped (625) the dinosaurs.

Question 616.
(a) was
(b) is
(c) being
(d) been
Answer : A

Question 617.
(a) created
(b) emptied
(c) filled
(d) threatened
Answer : C

Question 618.
(a) which
(b) whom
(c) them
(d) who
Answer : C

Question 619.
(a) posture
(b) pose
(c) position
(d) posterior
Answer : A

Question 620.
(a) as
(b) like
(c) than
(d) about
Answer : B

Question 621.
(a) frighten
(b) catch
(c) drive
(d) chase
Answer : B

Question 622.
(a) monkeys
(b) moles
(c) tree shrews
(d) dinosaurs
Answer : D

Question 623.
(a) insignificant
(b) catastrophic
(c) unpleasant
(d) enlivening
Answer : B

Question 624.
(a) survived
(b) participated
(c) destroyed
(d) separated
Answer : C

Question 625.
(a) out
(b) on
(c) of
(d) away
Answer : A

Directions for questions (626–635): In the following passage some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.

Ants play an important part in the (626) nature. They eat a large (627) of insects and so help keep them (628) becoming too plentiful. In the tropics, ants eat more (629) half the termites hatched each year. Ants, in (630) are an important (631) for birds. Frogs, lizards and many other animals also feed (632) ants. Ants are (633) helpful and harmful to farmers. Some kinds of ants aid farmers by killing insects that (634) crops, Ants that dig underground nests (635) the soil. They break up, loosen and mix the soil.

Question 626.
(a) destruction
(b) creation
(c) formation
(d) balance
Answer : D

Question 627.
(a) quantity
(b) number
(c) size
(d) weight
Answer : B

Question 628.
(a) from
(b) to
(c) at
(d) in
Answer : A

Question 629.
(a) less
(b) or
(c) than
(d) rather
Answer : C

Question 630.
(a) environment
(b) trees
(c) nature
(d) ground
Answer : C

Question 631.
(a) food
(b) energy
(c) treasure
(d) land
Answer : A

Question 632.
(a) our
(b) up
(c) for
(d) on
Answer : D

Question 633.
(a) once
(b) largely
(c) both
(d) really
Answer : C

Question 634.
(a) fertilize
(b) nourish
(c) damage
(d) cause
Answer : C

Question 635.
(a) impoverish
(b) improve
(c) ruin
(d) indulge
Answer : C