Cloze Test without Clues
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
1. In the last autumn vacation, I (a) --- sufficient time and I made up my (b) --- to make a journey by train from Dhaka to Chattogram. I reached the (c) --- about half an hour before the (d) --- of the train. It was then a very busy time. Smaller vehicles were (e) --- to the station with passengers. Porters were (f) --- behind them. There were (g) --- and rush of passengers and porters. After some time hearing a whistle, passengers (h) --- in a queue in front of the ticket counter. I also stood in the (i) --- and (j) --- a ticket.
Ans: (a) got (b) mind (c) station (d) departure (e) coming (f) running (g) shouts (h) stood (i) queue (j) bought.
2. The world is (a) --- millions of tons of domestic rubbish and toxic industrial waste every year and it is becoming (b) --- difficult to find suitable locations to get rid of all the refuse. The disposal of various kinds of waste is (c) --- polluting our environment. We know that air is an important element of our environment and air is (d) --- by smoke. Man makes fires to cook food, make bricks and melt tar for (e) --- roads. Fires create smoke and pollute air. Railway engines and powerhouses create smoke (f) --- burning coal and oil. Mills and factories and vehicles also belch a lot of smoke. All these kinds of smoke pollute air. Water, another vital element of the environment, is (g) --- polluted in different ways. Throwing (h) --- into it, man pollutes water. Moreover, chemical fertilizers and (i) --- are used in the fields by farmers. When rain and floods wash away some of these chemicals, they get (j) --- with water in rivers, canals and ponds.
Ans: (a) producing (b) increasingly (c) seriously (d) polluted (e) constructing (f) by (g) also (h) waste (i) insecticides
(j) mixed.
3. All things that make up the environment are interrelated. The way in which people, animals and plants are (a) --- to one another and to their surroundings is (b) --- as ecology. The ecosystem is a complex web linking (c) ---, plants and every other life form in the biosphere. All these things (d) --- together. The system is in a steady state of (e) --- balance which means that by altering any one part of the web you can affect all other parts. It is the responsibility of human beings to prevent our environment from being (f) ---. To make life healthy and comfortable, we should (g) --- our environment clean and danger free. But often people spoil the environment by doing (h) --- things and, as a result, endanger their own lives. Due to ecological imbalance, the world’s temperature is (i) --- day by day. Looking forward to (j) --- a sound life, we must sustain the ecological balance of our environment.
Ans: (a) related (b) known (c) animals (d) hang (e) dynamic (f) spoilt (g) keep (h) unwise (i) change (j) enjoying.
সহযোগী অধ্যাপক ও চেয়ারম্যান, ইংরেজি বিভাগ, ঢাকা কমার্স কলেজ, ঢাকা/আবরার জাহিন
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