Cloze Test for practice. knowledgexam

Cloze 1.

The last decade has been ...1... For management education and development. When the economies of most western countries were ...2... in the early 1980's there were ...3... cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980's there were some ...4... in both areas. In the early 1990's industrialised countries were in the ...5... of another severe recession and a ...6... retrenchment was to be reasonably ...7... throughout the training world. But this has not been the case so far. Many leading companies are ...8... their belief in training as the key to future competitiveness and governments are ...9... an era of rapid ...10... in higher education.

1. (a) dogmatic (b) paradoxical (c) praiseworthy (d) outstanding

Ans: d 

2. (a) galvanized (b) developing (c) faltering (d) privatised

Ans: c 

3. (a) judicious (b) marginal (c) proportionate (d) severe 

Ans: b 

4. (a) reactions (b) slashing (c) pro - activity (d) curiosity 

Ans: a 

5. (a) area (b) grip (c) context (d) mood 

Ans: b 

6. (a) critical (b) profound (c) slight (d) tough 

Ans: a 

7. (a) fabricated (b) advocated (c) projected (d) expected 

Ans: d 

8. (a) asserting (b) rejecting (c) managing (d) criticizing 

Ans: a 

9. (a) establishing (b) encouraging (c) circulating (d) preaching 

Ans: b 

10. (a) degradation (b) communication (c) exhibition (d) expansion 

Ans: d 

Cloze 2.

One of the oldest cities of Asia, Srinagar is known for its unique wooden architecture. Its ...1... network of narrow streets amid multi - story wooded houses ...2... out to its waterways, make it look like mediaeval Islamic ...3... centres. The large-scale demolition of traditional buildings and bazaars ...4... the quest for modernity have, however, ...5... to their disappearance. 

1. (a) expansive (b) extensive (c) extended (d) expended 

Ans: b 

2. (a) open (b) opened (c) opening (d) opined 

Ans: c 

3. (a) urban (b) village (c) rural (d) country 

Ans: a 

4. (a) in (b) inside (c) on (d) into 

Ans: a 

5. (a) lead (b) led (c) conformed (d) caused 

Ans: b