CBSE Class 5 English Cloze Test Assignment

Directions for questions (636–660): In the following three passages, 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.

PASSAGE

The last decade has been (636) for management education and development. When the economies of most western countries were (637) in the early 1980’s there were (638) cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980’s there were some (639) in both areas. In the early 1990’s industrialized countries were in the (640) of another severe recession and a (641) retrenchment was to be reasonably (642) throughout the training world. But this has not been the case so far. Many leading companies are (643) their belief in training as the key to future competitiveness and governments are (644) an era of rapid (645) in higher education.

Question 636.
(a) dogmatic
(b) paradoxical
(c) praiseworthy
(d) outstanding
Answer : B

Question 637.
(a) galvanized
(b) developing
(c) faltering
(d) privatized
Answer : C

Question 638.
(a) judicious
(b) marginal
(c) proportionate
(d) severe
Answer : D

Question 639.
(a) reactions
(b) slashing
(c) pro-activity
(d) curiosity
Answer : A

Question 640.
(a) area
(b) grip
(c) context
(d) mood
Answer : B

Question 641.
(a) critical
(b) profound
(c) slight
(d) tough
Answer : A

Question 642.
(a) fabricated
(b) advocated
(c) projected
(d) expected
Answer : D

Question 643.
(a) asserting
(b) rejecting
(c) managing
(d) criticising
Answer : A

Question 644.
(a) establishing
(b) encouraging
(c) circulating
(d) preaching
Answer : B

Question 645.
(a) degradation
(b) communication
(c) exhibition
(d) expansion
Answer : D

PASSAGE II

One of the oldest cities of Asia, Srinagar is known for its unique wooden architecture. Its (646) network of narrow streets amid multi-storey wooded houses (647) out its waterways, make it look like medieval Islamic (648) centres. The large-scale demolition of traditional buildings and bazaars (649) the quest for modernity have, however, (650) to their disappearance.

Question 646.
(a) expansive
(b) extensive
(c) extended
(d) expended
Answer : B

Question 647.
(a) open
(b) opened
(c) opening
(d) opined
Answer : A

Question 648.
(a) urban
(b) village
(c) rural
(d) country
Answer : A

Question 649.
(a) in
(b) inside
(c) on
(d) into
Answer : A

Question 650.
(a) lead
(b) led
(c) conformed
(d) caused
Answer : B

PASSAGE III

More than 7000 people died within a matter of days when toxic gas leaked (651) a chemical plant in Bhopal, India. The leak began late at night and (652) for several hours unnoticed. Since then, (653) to the toxins created by the leak has resulted in innumerable deaths. Many more are sick and (654) to live normal lives. Despite trying to get (655) for the disaster, the people have seen no real attempt to compensate them. The company involved, UCC, has publicly (656) all responsibility for the leak. No one till date has been held (657). Was it the (658) of the machinery or simply human error? Many questions remain (659). The investigation has been dealt with in a very (660) manner.

Question 651.
(a) in
(b) at
(c) of
(d) by
Answer : A

Question 652.
(a) continued
(b) started
(c) proceeded
(d) went
Answer : A

Question 653.
(a) experience
(b) introduction
(c) exposure
(d) acquaintance
Answer : C

Question 654.
(a) struggling
(b) fighting
(c) grappling
(d) learning
Answer : A

Question 655.
(a) finances
(b) compensation
(c) money
(d) payment
Answer : B

Question 656.
(a) blocked
(b) refused
(c) forbidden
(d) denied
Answer : D

Question 657.
(a) guilty
(b) responsible
(c) accounting
(d) trustworthy
Answer : B

Question 658.
(a) closure
(b) insolvency
(c) stopping
(d) failure
Answer : D

Question 659.
(a) unattempted
(b) unapologetic
(c) unanswered
(d) unreturned
Answer : C

Question 660.
(a) callous
(b) cruel
(c) hard
(d) thick skinned
Answer : A

Directions for questions (661–685): In the following three 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.

PASSAGE I

If you prefer mountains (661) deserts, try Darjeeling, West Bengal’s hill resort that (662) at the foothills of the mighty Himalayas. (663), while in Bengal, if your spirit of adventure gets the better of you, (664) the ferry to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest delta. But if these places do not attract you, there’s Bhutan, the quiet Himalayan Kingdom, (665) West Bengal.

Question 661.
(a) against
(b) from
(c) with
(d) to
Answer : D

Question 662.
(a) nestles
(b) cuddles
(c) sleeps
(d) rests
Answer : A

Question 663.
(a) So
(b) And
(c) But
(d) Since
Answer : B

Question 664.
(a) ask
(b) take
(c) pick
(d) pay
Answer : B

Question 665.
(a) adjoining
(b) surrounding
(c) skirting
(d) bordering
Answer : D

PASSAGE II

No communication has ever provided so many people with as (666) a range of new (667) as television has. Without (668) their homes, people can watch Government officials (669) important functions and see how people in (670) lands look and live. Television takes its (671) to deserts, jungles and even the sea floor. Television gives us a (672) of real- life tragedy as when it comes to the (673) of war, natural disasters and poverty. It also (674) moments of great triumph, such as when the astronaut just (675) his foot on the moon.

Question 666.
(a) large
(b) wide
(c) many
(d) broad
Answer : C

Question 667.
(a) experiences
(b) incidents
(c) happenings
(d) anecdotes
Answer : A

Question 668.
(a) parting
(b) moving
(c) departing
(d) leaving
Answer : D

Question 669.
(a) perform
(b) accomplish
(c) pursue
(d) achieve
Answer : A

Question 670.
(a) far out
(b) far off
(c) by far
(d) far and wide
Answer : B

Question 671.
(a) watchers
(b) audience
(c) viewers
(d) spectators
Answer : B

Question 672.
(a) glimpse
(b) glance
(c) look
(d) sight
Answer : A

Question 673.
(a) wounded
(b) army
(c) victims
(d) soldiers
Answer : C

Question 674.
(a) ceases
(b) captures
(c) seizes
(d) catches
Answer : B

Question 675.
(a) set
(b) put
(c) kept
(d) placed
Answer : A

PASSAGE III

An archaeologist studies the (676) and from the (677) he finds, he is able to (678) the daily lives of men and women who lived thousands of years ago. He makes a (679) study of those things which those men and women left (680), them. From the (681) he judges the size of the animals their owners could kill, from their tools he learns what (682) they had mastered and from their pots, needles and combs, he (683) the domestic skills of their (684). Thus, it has been possible to write a generally (685) account of human evolution going back some half a million years,

Question 676.
(a) rocks
(b) history
(c) past
(d) future
Answer : C

Question 677.
(a) witness
(b) evidence
(c) knowledge
(d) matters
Answer : B

Question 678.
(a) create
(b) build-up
(c) rebuild
(d) reconstruct
Answer : B

Question 679.
(a) scientific
(b) historic
(c) realistic
(d) research
Answer : A

Question 680.
(a) with
(b) behind
(c) under
(d) below
Answer : B

Question 681.
(a) weapons
(b) bullets
(c) guns
(d) targets
Answer : A

Question 682.
(a) industries
(b) products
(c) crafts
(d) knowledge
Answer : C

Question 683.
(a) values
(b) assesses
(c) judges
(d) criticises
Answer : B

Question 684.
(a) friends
(b) animals
(c) women-folk
(d) neighbours
Answer : C

Question 685.
(a) reliable
(b) unmistakable
(c) perfect
(d) dependable
Answer : A

Directions for questions (686–695): 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 alter natives given.

Science means knowledge, but not all knowledge is science. I know from my own eyesight that our dog Chippy likes papaya; I know from a book that Akbar was the (686) of Babar and (687) in 1605; and I know (688) the radio that India did not do well in the (689) Test matches. We can call these (690) of knowledge, (691), but they are not science.
Science (692) with facts, but not with facts which have (693)l to do with each other, like the facts about our dog, cricket and the Moghul ruler; those facts are not related (694) , and so have nothing (695) with science. Science starts with observation.

Question 686.
(a) grandson
(b) grandfather
(c) grand nephew
(d) son
Answer : A

Question 687.
(a) gone
(b) died
(c) disappeared
(d) absented
Answer : B

Question 688.
(a) on
(b) in
(c) since
(d) from
Answer : A

Question 689.
(a) old
(b) ordinary
(c) latest
(d) out-dated
Answer : C

Question 690.
(a) pieces
(b) peace
(c) whole
(d) block
Answer : A

Question 691.
(a) lies
(b) charges
(c) facts
(d) blame
Answer : C

Question 692.
(a) starts
(b) stops
(c) passes
(d) drives
Answer : A

Question 693.
(a) no
(b) neither
(c) nor
(d) nothing
Answer : D

Question 694.
(a) by that way
(b) in any way
(c) from the side
(d) in addition to
Answer : B

Question 695.
(a) to lie
(b) to speak
(c) to sleep
(d) to do
Answer : D