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The third cloze test set has 31 bank-exam style questions on four passages: a barber and a golden egg, daydreaming, the right to information and trust in relationships. Every blank has five options, with answers and explanations. It practises vocabulary in context, collocations, linkers such as though and as, and choosing words by tone and meaning.
Passage (Questions 61-70)
Directions (Qs. 61-70): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Haria, a poor barber lived alone in his small hut. He was (61) ______ to his work and whatever he earned was enough to fulfil his needs. One evening, after returning from work, Haria was hungry. Just as he was (62) ______ what he could cook for dinner he heard a hen clucking outside his hut. “That hen would make a great feast for me,” thought Haria and prepared to catch the hen. With a little effort he (63) ______ in catching the hen and as he was about to kill the hen, it squeaked, “Please do not kill me, Oh kind man! I will help you.” Haria stopped. (64) ______ he was surprised that the hen spoke, he asked, “How can you help me?” “If you (65) ______ my life, I will lay a golden egg for you everyday,” said the hen.
Haria's eyes (66) ______ in delight. Haria was surprised to hear this promise. “A golden egg! That too everyday! But why should I believe you? You might be lying,” said Haria. “If I do not lay a golden egg tomorrow, you can kill me,” said the hen. After this promise, Haria spared the hen and (67) ______ for the next day.
The next morning, Haria found a golden egg (68) ______ outside his hut and the hen sitting beside it. “It is true! You really can lay a golden egg!” exclaimed Haria with great delight. He did not (69) ______ this incident to any one, (70) ______ that others would catch the hen.
(a) dedicated
(b) devote
(c) enthusiastic
(d) good
(e) engrossed
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Answer: (a) dedicated
Explanation:
1. 'Dedicated to' his work shows commitment, and the barber earned enough for his needs.
2. 'Devote' is a verb, not an adjective, and 'good' or 'enthusiastic' take 'at' / 'about', not 'to'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Preposition check: dedicated to, committed to.
2. The blank needs an adjective after 'was'.
(a) feeling
(b) sounding
(c) dreaming
(d) plotting
(e) wondering
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Answer: (e) wondering
Explanation:
1. 'Wondering what he could cook' shows a person thinking about a question.
2. 'Dreaming' or 'plotting' do not take a 'what' clause naturally.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Wonder + wh-word' is the usual structure.
2. He is hungry and thinking about food.
(a) quit
(b) surrendered
(c) succeeded
(d) won
(e) managed
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Answer: (c) succeeded
Explanation:
1. 'Succeed in + -ing' is the fixed pattern, so 'succeeded in catching' is right.
2. 'Managed' takes a 'to' infinitive ('managed to catch'), not 'in'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Note the preposition after the blank: succeed in.
2. 'Manage to do' vs 'succeed in doing'.
(a) Finally
(b) Though
(c) Unless
(d) As
(e) Until
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Answer: (d) As
Explanation:
1. 'As' here introduces a reason: he was surprised, so he asked.
2. 'Though' and 'Unless' do not give a reason, and 'Finally' is an adverb that cannot join two clauses.
Teacher's Note:
1. Choose the conjunction by the relationship: cause and effect.
2. Reason: as / since / because (only 'As' is offered).
(a) forgive
(b) leave
(c) give
(d) spare
(e) consume
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Answer: (d) spare
Explanation:
1. To 'spare someone's life' means not to kill them, which is exactly what the hen asks.
2. 'Forgive' and 'consume' do not combine with 'life', and 'leave my life' makes no sense.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Spare someone's life' is a standard phrase.
2. Context: the hen begs not to be killed.
(a) exclaimed
(b) dazed
(c) open
(d) awakened
(e) widened
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Answer: (e) widened
Explanation:
1. Eyes 'widen' in delight or surprise.
2. 'Exclaimed' needs a person, and 'open' or 'dazed' are not the usual past verbs for eyes.
Teacher's Note:
1. Use the verb that eyes normally take (widen).
2. Eyes light up / widen in delight.
(a) remembered
(b) starved
(c) waited
(d) rejoiced
(e) looked
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Answer: (c) waited
Explanation:
1. He spared the hen and 'waited' for the next day to see the golden egg.
2. 'Looked' needs 'forward to', and 'starved' or 'rejoiced' do not fit 'for the next day'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Check the preposition: wait for.
2. Think of what he does after sparing the hen.
(a) lying
(b) forlorn
(c) presented
(d) hiding
(e) secluded
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Answer: (a) lying
Explanation:
1. 'Lying outside the hut' is the participle describing where the egg was.
2. 'Hiding' and 'presented' do not describe an egg's position.
Teacher's Note:
1. Choose a participle that describes position.
2. Lying = placed on the ground.
(a) seek
(b) say
(c) narrates
(d) reveal
(e) hide
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Answer: (d) reveal
Explanation:
1. 'Reveal this incident to anyone' means to disclose it, which is his fear: others would catch the hen.
2. 'Say' and 'narrate' do not fit with 'to anyone' in this way, and 'hide' does not take 'to'.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Reveal something to someone' is a good pairing.
2. He chooses to keep the secret.
(a) fearing
(b) selfish
(c) concerning
(d) citing
(e) alarmed
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Answer: (a) fearing
Explanation:
1. 'Fearing that' gives the reason why he told no one: he was afraid the hen would be caught.
2. 'Alarmed' would need a 'by' phrase and does not carry the sense of anticipating a danger.
Teacher's Note:
1. Use the participle that gives the reason.
2. 'Fearing that + clause' is a common structure.
Passage (Questions 71-75)
Directions (Qs. 71-75): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Daydreaming is often overlooked as a proper dream and (71) ______ instead as wandering thoughts. However, the meanings to your nightly dream symbols are also (72) ______ to your day dreams. The content in your day dreams are helpful in understanding your true feelings and will help you in (73) ______ your goals. Daydreaming is the spontaneous imagining or recalling of various images or experiences in the past or the future. When you daydream, you are accessing your right brain, which is the creative and feminine side of your personality. Worrying about something creates visual images in your brain of the worst outcome that you are imagining and is a form of daydreaming. By repeating these negative images in your mind, you are more likely to make them happen. So the next time you start worrying, try to think of a positive outcome. Positive daydreaming is very healthy and acts as a temporary (74) ______ from the demands of reality. It is also a good way to (75) ______ built up frustrations without physically acting them out.
(a) composed
(b) determined
(c) thought
(d) felt
(e) regarded
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Answer: (e) regarded
Explanation:
1. 'Regarded as' means considered to be, and the passage says daydreaming is wrongly treated as mere wandering thoughts.
2. 'Thought as' and 'felt as' are not correct structures, and 'composed' or 'determined' do not take 'as' in this sense.
Teacher's Note:
1. Learn: regard (someone/something) as.
2. The passive 'is regarded as' is the usual form.
(a) duplicated
(b) present
(c) established
(d) applicable
(e) depictive
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Answer: (d) applicable
Explanation:
1. 'Applicable to' means relevant or valid for, so the symbol meanings apply to daydreams too.
2. 'Present' and 'duplicated' do not take 'to' in this meaning.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Applicable to' is a fixed pairing.
2. The 'also' signals that the meanings carry over.
(a) thinking
(b) holding
(c) achieving
(d) realise
(e) capturing
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Answer: (c) achieving
Explanation:
1. After the preposition 'in' we need an -ing form, and 'achieving your goals' is the natural collocation.
2. 'Realise' is not an -ing form, and 'holding' or 'capturing' goals is not idiomatic.
Teacher's Note:
1. Check the form required after a preposition.
2. 'Achieve goals' is a standard collocation.
(a) solitude
(b) healing
(c) gateway
(d) passage
(e) escape
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Answer: (e) escape
Explanation:
1. 'An escape from' means a way of getting away from something unpleasant, so 'a temporary escape from reality' fits.
2. 'Gateway' and 'passage' take 'to', not 'from', and 'healing' does not take 'from'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Check which preposition goes with the noun: escape from, gateway to.
2. The context is getting away from pressure.
(a) adjust
(b) confirm
(c) capture
(d) release
(e) demonstrate
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Answer: (d) release
Explanation:
1. To 'release' frustrations means to let them out, and the sentence says this is done without acting them out physically.
2. 'Capture', 'confirm' or 'adjust' would not remove built-up frustrations, and 'demonstrate' means to show them.
Teacher's Note:
1. Match the verb with 'built up' feelings: release, vent.
2. Look at the contrast with 'without acting them out'.
Passage (Questions 76-83)
Directions (Qs. 76-83): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
The Government seems to be in right earnest to ensure more (76) ______ in governance. The Prime Minister's announcement that his Government is (77) ______ drafting legislation to establish the citizen's right to information is indeed welcome. Though the talk on the right to information is not new, we may (78) ______ the bill to be brought early this time. The previous Government had set up a high-level committee to prepare a draft bill. But nothing has been heard about the matter since, (79) ______ the committee did quite some work. The issue, however, has come to such a pass that a solution cannot be (80) ______ further. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, a foreign judge once said, while (81) ______ the unwarranted secrecy in an administrative system. When those in authority know that people have the right to ask questions and the government is under the (82) ______ to provide them with answers, (83) ______ of authority, or of public finances, for personal or party ends is less likely to happen.
(a) strictness
(b) rudeness
(c) leniency
(d) economy
(e) transparency
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Answer: (e) transparency
Explanation:
1. The whole passage is about the right to information, which makes governance more open, so 'transparency' is right.
2. 'Strictness' and 'leniency' do not relate to a right to information.
Teacher's Note:
1. Use the topic of the passage (right to information).
2. 'Transparency in governance' is a standard phrase.
(a) personally
(b) busy
(c) not
(d) reluctantly
(e) absolutely
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Answer: (b) busy
Explanation:
1. 'Busy' followed by an -ing form ('busy drafting') is the correct structure and gives a positive meaning.
2. 'Not' would contradict the welcome, and 'personally', 'reluctantly' or 'absolutely' do not combine with 'drafting' in this way.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Be busy + -ing' is a common pattern.
2. The announcement is described as welcome, so the tone must be positive.
(a) expect
(b) wait
(c) try
(d) frustrate
(e) appeal
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Answer: (a) expect
Explanation:
1. 'Expect something to be done' is the right structure, with the bill expected to be brought early.
2. 'Wait' needs 'for', 'appeal' needs 'for' or 'to', and 'frustrate' is the wrong meaning.
Teacher's Note:
1. Pattern: expect + object + to-infinitive.
2. Check which verbs take an object directly.
(a) even
(b) as
(c) because
(d) until
(e) though
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Answer: (e) though
Explanation:
1. 'Though' shows contrast: the committee did work, yet nothing has been heard since.
2. 'Because' and 'as' give a reason, which contradicts the sense, and 'even' cannot link clauses alone.
Teacher's Note:
1. Read for the relationship between the two parts: contrast.
2. 'Even though' is common, but 'though' alone suffices.
(a) found
(b) expected
(c) delayed
(d) looked
(e) longed
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Answer: (c) delayed
Explanation:
1. The bill has already been waiting, so a solution 'cannot be delayed' any longer.
2. 'Looked' and 'longed' need a preposition, and 'found further' is illogical.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Cannot be delayed further' is a common phrase.
2. The passive needs a past participle.
(a) nurturing
(b) criticising
(c) demanding
(d) appreciating
(e) upholding
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Answer: (b) criticising
Explanation:
1. The judge was speaking against secrecy, so he was 'criticising' the unwarranted secrecy.
2. 'Nurturing', 'appreciating' and 'upholding' are all supportive, which contradicts the sense.
Teacher's Note:
1. The word 'unwarranted' signals a negative attitude.
2. Choose the verb that matches the speaker's view.
(a) pretention
(b) affect
(c) substance
(d) obligation
(e) property
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Answer: (d) obligation
Explanation:
1. 'Under an obligation to' do something means being bound to do it, which suits the government's duty to answer.
2. 'Pretention' and 'affect' do not form this phrase.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Be under an obligation to' is a fixed expression.
2. The sense is duty or responsibility.
(a) misuse
(b) governance
(c) dishonour
(d) curbing
(e) breach
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Answer: (a) misuse
Explanation:
1. 'Misuse of authority or public finances' means using them wrongly for personal ends.
2. 'Curbing' would mean controlling, which is the opposite, and 'governance' or 'dishonour' do not fit 'of authority'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Use the phrase 'for personal or party ends' to see misuse.
2. 'Misuse of authority/funds' is a common collocation.
Passage (Questions 84-91)
Directions (Qs. 84-91): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Trust is the basis of human relationship. As trust between people grows, (84) ______ change and interpersonal dynamics are transformed. Diverse skills and abilities become (85) ______ and appreciated as strengths. People begin to (86) ______ one another's attitudes and feelings. They learn to be (87) ______ instead of playing roles. As trust grows, the barriers that prevent (88) ______ and openness lessen. People become more expressive, impulsive, frank and spontaneous. Their communication is efficient and clear. They risk (89) ______ and confrontation, opening the doors to deeper communication, involvement and commitment. Congestion and (90) ______ lessen. The flow of data is open and (91) ______.
(a) motivations
(b) behaviours
(c) patterns
(d) aspirations
(e) commitments
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Answer: (b) behaviours
Explanation:
1. Changes in 'behaviours' follow when people trust one another, and the sentence goes on to interpersonal dynamics.
2. 'Commitments' and 'aspirations' are mentioned later or are not the first visible change.
Teacher's Note:
1. Choose the noun that is directly affected by trust.
2. Look at the sentence that follows for the theme.
(a) obvious
(b) necessary
(c) essential
(d) reserved
(e) prominent
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Answer: (e) prominent
Explanation:
1. 'Become prominent and appreciated as strengths' means differences in skills stand out and are valued.
2. 'Necessary' and 'essential' stress need, not visibility, and 'reserved' is the opposite of being seen.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Become' goes with an adjective.
2. The word should pair with 'appreciated': noticeable and valued.
(a) accept
(b) participate
(c) pronounce
(d) inculcate
(e) relate
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Answer: (a) accept
Explanation:
1. Trust leads people to 'accept' each other's attitudes and feelings.
2. 'Participate' needs 'in', 'relate' needs 'to', and 'pronounce' or 'inculcate' do not fit.
Teacher's Note:
1. Check which verbs take a direct object.
2. 'Accept' matches the growth of trust.
(a) advocates
(b) possessed
(c) exponents
(d) indifferent
(e) themselves
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Answer: (e) themselves
Explanation:
1. 'Be themselves' is the contrast to playing roles.
2. The reflexive 'themselves' completes the thought, and 'indifferent' would not suit growing trust.
Teacher's Note:
1. The phrase 'be yourself' is the opposite of playing a role.
2. Read for contrast.
(a) snobbery
(b) egoism
(c) brashness
(d) boasting
(e) candour
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Answer: (e) candour
Explanation:
1. 'Candour and openness' are both about honest communication, which barriers prevent and trust restores.
2. 'Snobbery', 'egoism' and 'boasting' are negative traits that trust does not need to restore.
Teacher's Note:
1. Words joined by 'and' should be alike in meaning.
2. Pick the positive trait.
(a) conflict
(b) persuasiveness
(c) dedication
(d) propensity
(e) jealousy
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Answer: (a) conflict
Explanation:
1. 'Conflict and confrontation' is a natural pair, and honest talk can risk both.
2. 'Dedication' and 'persuasiveness' are not risks.
Teacher's Note:
1. Look for the word that matches 'confrontation'.
2. The verb 'risk' takes a negative noun.
(a) pervasiveness
(b) boundaries
(c) sluggishness
(d) blocking
(e) enthusiasm
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Answer: (d) blocking
Explanation:
1. 'Congestion and blocking' both describe obstruction in the flow of communication, and both lessen with trust.
2. 'Enthusiasm' and 'boundaries' would not lessen as part of smoother communication in the same way.
Teacher's Note:
1. Choose a word similar to 'congestion'.
2. The next sentence speaks about an open flow.
(a) unanimous
(b) uncritical
(c) uninhabited
(d) uncanny
(e) unusual
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Answer: (b) uncritical
Explanation:
1. 'Uncritical' means free of harsh judgement, matching open communication built on trust.
2. 'Unanimous', 'uninhabited' and 'uncanny' do not describe a flow of data.
Teacher's Note:
1. Pair with 'open': a trusting, non-judgemental flow.
2. Eliminate words with unrelated meanings.
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