CBSE Class 9 English Cloze Test MCQs

Directions for questions (291–300): In the following questions, in the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

In Britain, the (291) is very varied. People never know (292) it will be like the next day. The summer is (293) than the winter but even (294) summer the average temperature (295) only 16°C. Sometimes the sun keeps (296) but at other times the sky is covered with clouds and it starts (297). In winter, it is sometimes terribly (298), especially in the north to the country. The temperature (299) below 0°C and (300) is often snow and ice.

Question 291.
(a) whether
(b) weather
(c) atmosphere
(d) climate
Answer : B

Question 292.
(a) which
(b) how
(c) why
(d) when
Answer : B

Question 293.
(a) stronger
(b) heavier
(c) warmer
(d) colder
Answer : C

Question 294.
(a) in
(b) at
(c) into
(d) through
Answer : A

Question 295.
(a) has
(b) was
(c) were
(d) is
Answer : D

Question 296.
(1) hiding
(b) shining
(c) sunny
(d) shines
Answer : B

Question 297.
(a) rain
(b) rains
(c) raining
(d) rained
Answer : C

Question 298.
(a) cooler
(b) cooled
(c) chilled
(d) chill
Answer : C

Question 299.
(a) falls
(b) fell
(c) fallen
(d) falling
Answer : A

Question 300.
(a) their
(b) there
(c) all
(d) total
Answer : B

Directions for questions (301–310): In the following questions, in the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

Superstition is a (301) in (302), which (303) be explained by the (304)of nature and also not by religion. For (305) a superstitious person believes that a black cat (306) his path will bring him (307). In Brazil, for instance, many people believe that a person can be harmed or even killed by (308) needles in a puppet which (309) the person to be harmed. This is called ‘ voodoo-magic’. People who do not believe in (310) things consider them superstition.

Question 301.
(a) belief
(b) believe
(c) believer
(d) believes
Answer : A

Question 302.
(a) anything
(b) something
(c) nothing
(d) everything
Answer : B

Question 303.
(a) will
(b) will not
(c) can
(d) cannot
Answer : D

Question 304.
(a) methods
(b) ways
(c) laws
(d) means
Answer : C

Question 305.
(a) instant
(b) insistent
(c) instance
(d) insistence
Answer : C

Question 306.
(a) crossing
(b) cross
(c) crosses
(d) crossed
Answer : A

Question 307.
(a) fortune
(b) misfortune
(c) luck
(d) properties
Answer : B

Question 308.
(a) pushing
(b) drawing
(c) sticking
(d) pulling
Answer : C

Question 309.
(a) represents
(b) represent
(c) points
(d) pointing
Answer : C

Question 310.
(a) such
(b) thus
(c) this
(d) just
Answer : A

Directions for questions (311–330): In the following questions, in the following two passages, some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.

PASSAGE I

My parents (311) to Canada in 1990 in order to escape the (312) of the Chinese Government and to build a better (313) in Canada. After listening to their stories of (314) and frustrations, I realized how (315) I was to be living in the country, now called (316). When the day came to (317) my homeland, I felt uncertain and (318). There were many (319) racing through my (320).

Question 311.
(a) invited
(b) invaded
(c) immigrated
(d) infiltrated
Answer : C

Question 312.
(a) tyranny
(b) democracy
(c) republic
(d) monarchy
Answer : A

Question 313.
(a) livelihood
(b) living
(c) life
(d) income
Answer : C

Question 314.
(a) doubts
(b) hardships
(c) travels
(d) distances
Answer : B

Question 315.
(a) forgotten
(b) forewarned
(c) forgiven
(d) fortunate
Answer : D

Question 316.
(a) property
(b) home
(c) house
(d) residence
Answer : B

Question 317.
(a) revisit
(b) revise
(c) return
(d) reverse
Answer : A

Question 318.
(a) calm
(b) stable
(c) nervous
(d) furious
Answer : C

Question 319.
(a) connections
(b) concerns
(c) converts
(d) conditions
Answer : B

Question 320.
(a) feelings
(b) ideas
(c) mind
(d) thoughts
Answer : C

PASSAGE II

Fear and anxiety are (321) forms of will. If you (322) to do Yoga, you must (323) fear. Fear is always a feeling to be (324) because what you fear is just the thing that is (325). to come to you. Fear (326) the object of fear. Unhappiness (327) the strength. This truth is the (328) for your transformation. The world will not change (329) but it will go forward as rapidly as it (330) can.

Question 321.
(a) unique
(b) perverse
(c) different
(d) accepted
Answer : B

Question 322.
(a) dare
(b) wish
(c) want
(d) need
Answer : B

Question 323.
(a) shrug off
(b) throw away
(c) be aware of
(d) get rid of
Answer : A

Question 324.
(a) rejected
(b) argued
(c) denied
(d) refused
Answer : A

Question 325.
(a) probably
(b) nicely
(c) easily
(d) possibly
Answer : B

Question 326.
(a) avoids
(b) invites
(c) attracts
(d) activates
Answer : B

Question 327.
(a) eliminates
(b) inactivates
(c) suppresses
(d) weakens
Answer : D

Question 328.
(a) key
(b) remedy
(c) reason
(d) answer
Answer : B

Question 329.
(a) shortly
(b) at once
(c) at a stretch
(d) readily
Answer : B

Question 330.
(a) eventually
(b) largely
(c) possibly
(d) probably
Answer : C