Cloze Test Passage - III
Fill up the blanks in the passage given below with the most appropriate word from the options given for each blank
Someone (1)........at the door. A lady opened it. A stranger was standing at the (2)........He said, “Madam, please excuse me for.......... (3) you. May I ask you something ? I (4)......by your house everyday on my (5).........to work, I have (6).........that every day you hit your son on (7).........head with a loaf of bread.” The lady replied, “Yes, that’s (8).......”. The stranger asked, “This morning, I saw you (9)......him with a chocolate. Why (10)......? The lady replied, ‘‘Today is his birthday. Therefore I hit him with a sweet thing.”
| 1. | (a) pointed | (b) knocked | (c) looked | (d) moved | (e) stood |
| 2. | (a) fence | (b) gate | (c) compound | (d) door | (e) step |
| 3. | (a) disturbing | (b) harassing | (c) asking | (d) enquiring | (e) worrying |
| 4. | (a) wait | (b) watch | (c) stand | (d) pass | (e) connect |
| 5. | (a) office | (b) steps | (c) legs | (d) journey | (e) way |
| 6. | (a) decided | (b) felt | (c) noticed | (d) remembered | (e) surprised |
| 7. | (a) your | (b) his | (c) my | (d) our | (e) fore |
| 8. | (a) right | (b) obvious | (c) surprising | (d) clear | (e) funny |
| 9. | (a) feeding | (b) bestowing | (c) giving | (d) hitting | (e) offering |
| 10. | (a) bread | (b) then | (c) so | (d) change | (e) thus |
Answers :
(1) (b), (2) (b), (3) (a), (4) (d), (5) (e), (6) (c), (7) (b), (8) (a), (9) (d), (10) (c).