Cloze Test without Clues Exercise with Answers
1.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Truthfulness is the (a) — of all virtues
in a man’s life. It means the (b) — of speaking the truth. True happiness and
(c) — of a man entirely depend on It. It (d) — one to (e) — and gives one a
high position in (f) —. It may not make one (g) — but it brings peace of mind.
A truthful (h) —- is respected by all. A truthful person fears (i) — . He or
she does not (j)— in the long run.
2.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Honesty is great (a) —. It helps a man
to (b) — in life. An honest man is respected and (c) — by all. Nobody (d) — a
dishonest man. A man may be (e) — by means of dishonesty but that is short-lived. A dishonest man (f) — in the long run. So we should (g) — to be honest
and (h) — if we (i) — to be respected (j) — honored.
3.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Road accidents have become a common (a)
— of everyday life in our country. A lot of (b) — act behind road accidents.
Roadside (c) —, poor design of junctions and road sections, excessive (d) —,
dangerous overtaking, reckless, driving, disobeying (e) — traffic rules,
variety of traffics, characteristics and (f) — of vehicles are principal
reasons of it. Non-motorized vehicles are plying in the road alongside the (g)
— vehicles in the same way. They also increase the (h) — of collision. Road
accidents are the major challenge which (i) — on the way of ensuring the
development of Bangladesh. So, we should search the way how to (j) — these
fatal problems.
4.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Patriotism is a great virtue. He, who
(a) — this noble quality is respected by all. He who is devoid of (b) —
feelings is really a (c) — and unfortunate fellow. Historical (d) — shows that
Nawab Sirajuddaula was a representative of a true patriot. On the other hand,
Jafar Ali Khan is the representative of unpatriotism and (e) —. The first one
is remembered with (f) —. The first one is remembered with (f) — respect and
(g) — and the (h) — person is remembered as a traitor with bitter (i) —. The
first one is (j) — and the second one is reduced to dust.
5.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Bangladesh
is a darling child of nature. Nature has (a) —her with unique beauty. Really,
no (b) — country in the world is so (c) — with natural beauties as Bangladesh
is, She is noted for her (d)—beauty, golden crops of paddy and (e) — leaves of
trees. The six seasons of the year (f) —by turns working. Bangladesh is a land of
beauty, variety and plenty. Her rivers present her a (g) — beauty, particularly
in the rainy season. The boats (h) — on the rivers under multi (i) — sails also
preset a (j) — right.
6.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Sincerity (a) — the qualities of being
(b) —. Sincerity is a great medicine to work with. One can shine in life if one (c)
— anything (d) —. A man cannot (e) — in life unless he becomes sincere. The
great men are sincere because they know that (f) — is the keystone to (g) —.
Sincerity is the tonic to any work because it (h) — the work to be (i) —
properly. So, we should be sincere in every (j) — of our life.
7.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Time is very valuable. Time which is
lost (a) —, is lost forever. There is a (b) — that ‘Time and tide wait for
none’. It is time which does not (c) ¾ any relative feelings. If it is not used
properly, one must (d) — in the long run. On the other hand, we can go a long
way by being (e) — of the value of time. Those who have (f) —great, have made
proper (g) — of time, They never (h) — off their work for tomorrow. As a
result, they have (i) — top position in society, So, it is our duty to (j) — them.
8.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
At present natural calamities in the
world are (a) — in an alarming rate. Floods, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunami etc.
(b) — almost every year and (c) — away valuable lives, habitats and other
belongings. Still now, we are (d) — to abide by the will of nature. Scientists
think that we are (e) — for these disasters. Nature has (f) — her equilibrium
for the (g) — acts of man. So, nature is taking her (h) — on us. If we don’t
become (i) — of it, the whole world will be (j) — for living.
9.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
The economy of a country depends (a) —
on its population. But if it grows (b) —, the standard of living in the country
(c) — because increasing population eats (d) — the additional growth of our
economy. Nevertheless, the population of a country (e) — her manpower and this
manpower is an important (f) — that plays a vital (g) — in her economic sphere.
Without adequate human resources, the other resources of the country will (h) —
under-utilized and to that extent her economic (i) — will remain
unsatisfactory. We can meet the (j) — demand by engaging our population in
increasing productive activities.
10.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Mobile phone is an important (a) — of
communication and correspondence. It makes communication with the people in the
(b) — possible time. The use of mobile phone is more (c) — than telephone calls.
The man, who (d) — a message will have to pay the bill but the (e) — can
respond to the message without any (f) —. Specially, businesspersons are much (g)
— through the use of mobile phones. It is also very (h) — for the doctors and
high officials. Sometimes the (i) — use this phone to keep their connection, in
spite of this, there is no (j) — of mobile phone to make modern life
enjoyable.
11.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Bangladesh is a small country but it is
densely (a) —. It has many problems for its (b) — population. Among them
poverty, unemployment and (c) — are major (d) —. Most of them don’t know (e) —
to read and write. The government has (f) — steps to remove illiteracy. Primary
education has (g) — made free. But the government (h) —- cannot solve this
problem. Every individual should look forward to (i) —the country free (j) —
illiteracy.
12.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Afforestation means the preservation of
trees. It is (a) — to deforestation. Trees and plants are part and parcel of
the environment. Ecology fully (b) — on trees and plants. The country will (c)
— into a desert (d) — there are trees. The trees help to (e) — the soil from
(f) —. Flood can (g) — affect those areas covered with trees. Storms cannot (h)
— its force fully on the place (i) — there are trees. However, the trees are so
important that it is impossible to (j) — of life without it.
13.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Language is the first medium of (a) —
knowledge. But all the (b) — of the world do not speak in the (c) — language.
Every nation has its (d) — language. This is (e) — the mother tongue of that
nation. We (f) — the Bengalee. Bangla is our (g) — tongue. The (h) — sons of
this land (i) — their lives for our mother tongue on the 21st February. As
recognition of their sacrifice, UNESCO (j) — February 21st as the
International Mother Language Day.
14.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
The climate of Bangladesh is hot and
humid. There are six (a) — in Bangladesh. They are summer, monsoon, autumn,
late autumn, winter and (b) —. The (c) ¾ of Bangladesh is plain and fertile.
Plenty of crops and vegetables grow in the (d) — land of this country. Rice,
jute, sugarcane, tobacco, pulse and wheat are the main (e) — of Bangladesh.
Jute and tea are the (f) — cash crops of our country. A lot of foreign exchange
is (g) — by exporting raw jute, jute goods and tea to different countries of
the world. Jute is called the golden (h) ¾ of Bangladesh. As Bangladesh is an
(i) — country, the economy of Bangladesh mainly (j) — on agricultural products.
15.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Modern life (a) — much on transport. We
can very well (b) — how important transport is when it is (c) — by natural
calamities or during socio-political crises. In fact, transport has made it (d)
— for us to reach places previously (e) — .It has (f) — helped the flourishing of
trade and commerce and to (g) — new knowledge and ideas. (h) — transport has
(i) — friendship and understanding among nations and peoples (j) — the globe.
HSC English 1st paper cloze test without clues
16.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Money is power and can do much good and
evil. It gives (a) — and delight. It (b) — do everything. A person (c) — is a
person to be pitied. Nobody pays (d) — respect to him. His friends do not (e) —
him. He has to depend on the (f) — of others. In order to (g) — money he does a
lot of jobs. It is a must (h) — our life. But it does not necessarily (i) —
happiness. Happiness is absolutely a (j) — matter.
17. Fill in the
blanks with the appropriate word in each gap.
Rabindranath
Tagore was a man of (a) -------- genius. He was (b) ------ a poet
and a novelist (c) ---- a playwright a composer a painter and a philosopher. He
was awarded the Nobel Prize for (d) ----------- `Gitanjali` into English. Those
translations earned him a great (e) -------- in the West. As a humanist Tagore
accused the British (f) ------------ and pleaded for the (g) --------- of India
from Britain. Tagore was highly influential in (h) -------- the best of Indian
culture to the west and vice-versa. He (i) ---------- himself to literature at
a very early age. After coming back from England, he began to write (j) -----------
in all branches of literature.
18.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Beauty
is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. If we look around we will
discover beauty in (a) -------------- object and sight in nature in the (b)
--------- of children, in the kindness of strangers. But when asked to define, we run
into (c) -----------. Does beauty have an independent identity? Is it (d)
--------------- our relative? Is it dependent on our sense (e) --------? Does
it lie in the (f) ----------- of the beholder? Thus there will arise a number
of (g) --------- in our minds. However, poets, artists, philosophers and
thinkers (h) --------- always in search of beauty in their works and arts. But
most of them have the common and undisputed opinion that where there is beauty
is (i) ------ that is a thing of beauty is a joy (j) -------------.
19. Fill in the
blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Bangladesh is
a land of (a) ------- beauty. Its beauty is so captivating that a stranger
cannot but b (b) ---------- looking at this endless variety. Nature has (c)
--------- showered its blessing on this country. The rivers hills and forests
are rich in natural (d)-------------. The people of this country feel a strong
(e) -------- for their motherland. They love their motherland from the (f)
---------- of heart. They work hard to (g) -------------- its economic
condition and to remove poverty. Most of them toil hard from dawn to dusk to
accelerate the pace of (h) -----. The progress of this country lies in the (i)
---------- of common people. They are the (j) ----------- of a beautiful and
prosperous Bangladesh.
20.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Sports
are a popular form of entertainment. Many international sporting events are (a)
------- from time to time. Most of these events are (b) ------------ by
multinational manufacturing (c) -------- and business firms. They pay for the
sports events in (d) ------ for the right to (e) ------ their products during
those events. These events are (f) ---------- worldwide by satellite and people
all over the world watch them (g) ------------. As a (h) -------, the sponsors'
products receive maximum media (i) ----------. Thus sports help the (j)
------------ of trade and commerce.
21.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
In our country, women are the worsterers in
every stage of life. Social prejudices and customs tend to (a) -----------
their position. When a female child is born, it is not regarded, (b) ----------
a happy event. She is not welcome with the deep (c) ---------- of heart.
Instead of being delighted, most of the members of the family think that she
has come to add to their (d) ----------. Even the mother of the female child is
not welcomed cordially for giving (e) ------- to a female child. Rather the
mother of the female child is (f) ---------------- for this. In the most cases,
women are the victim of gender (g) ---------. In fact, the life of our women is
not smooth (h) -----------. If we want lasting development of the country, we
have t (i) ------------- the dignified status of (J) ------- women of our
country. The government is conscious of this matter.
22.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
There
goes a proverb that the child is (a) --------- of the man. Today’s child is
the (b) ---------- of a nation. He wills (c) --------------the country. The
whole (d) --- depends on their proper (e) -----------. It is our fundamental
(f) ----------- to rouse their (g) --------- talent. A sound environment is (h)
---------- both in the family and the society so that a child (i) -----------
up physically, mentally and spiritually. Only then it will be (j) --------- to
build up a beautiful and developed country.
23.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Nelson
Mandela was an unconditional brave fighter against racial discrimination.
During his (a)______, he had (b)____ himself to this (c)_____ of the people of
Africa. He stated that he had fought against (d)______ domination and he had
fought against back (e)_____. Being (f)____ with his (g)____. Nadine Gordimer,
the South African writer and Nobel laureate for literature, once (h)_____ that
Mandela was the (i)____ of their time, theirs in South Africa, and the other
people (f)____ they were.
24.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
When a girl married, she usually drops
out of school and begins full-time work in-laws household. In the in-laws
house, she is marginalized. She (a)____ vulnerable to all from of abuse,
(b)____ dowry-related violence. In Bangladesh, it is still (c)_____ for girls family to pay dowry. (d)____ the practice being illegal. Dowry demands can also
(e)____ after weeding. For an adolescent (f)_____, even if her in-laws are
supportive, there (g)___ greater health risk in terms of (h)_____ and
childbirth. The majority of adolescent (i)___and their families are uninformed
or insufficiently (j)____ about reproductive health and contraception. The
maternal mortality rate for adolescents is double the national rate.
25.
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap.
Self-employment means to create job opportunities for oneself by one’s own effort. Various government organization (a)____ trying to create (b)____ congenial atmosphere for (c)_____ different NGOs have rendered their help. Livestock (e)_____, agriculture farming, poultry (f)_____ are some of (g)_____ sectors. There are (h)___ opportunities for self (i)____ in Bangladesh. One (j)____ easily engages oneself in these jobs.
Answer Scripts
1.
Answer:
a) greatest/ nobles/ root b) habit c) peace/ contentment/ prosperity/ pleasure
d) helps/ assists/ enables e) shine/prosper/ succeed f) life/ society g) rich
h) person i) none j) suffer.
2.
Answer:
a) virtue b) succeed/shine/prosper c) honored/loved/liked; d)
trusts/loves/believes/likes e) eminent/ famous/successful f) suffers g) try h)
sincere/truthful i) want j) and.
3.
Answer:
(a) feature/ affair (b) reasons (c) environment (d) speed (e) mandatory; (f)
defects (g) motorized (h) risk (i) stand (j) solve.
4.
Answer:
(a) has (b) such (c) worthless (d) evidence (e) treason (f) due (g) honour (h)
second (i) hatred (j) remembered.
5. Answer:
(a) adorned; (b) other; (c) rich; (d) natural; (e) green; (f) come; (g) scenic;
(h) plying; (i) coloured (j) beautiful
6.
Answer:
(a) breeds (b) sincere (c) does (d) sincerely (e) shine (f) sincerity (g)
succeed (h) helps (i) done (j) walk.
7.
Answer:
(a) once (b) proverb/ saying/ maxim (c) have/ possess/ maintain/ consider/
allow/ permit; (d) suffer (e) aware/ conscious (f) become/ been (g) use; (h)
put (i) attained/ achieved/ acquired/ got/ gained/ obtained/ reached (j)
follow.
8.
Answer:
(a) growing/ increasing (b) occur/ visit/ happen (c) take/ wash (d) compelled/bound (e) responsible/ liable (f) lost (g) unwise/ harmful (h) revenge (i)
aware/ conscious (j) unfit/ unworthy/ unsuitable.
9.
Answer:
(a) mainly (b) rapidly (c) decreases/ falls (d) up (e) is (f) factor (g) role
(h) remain (i) condition (j) rising.
10.
Answer:
(a) way/ means/ medium (b) shortest/ minimum (c) popular/ suitable; (d) sends
(e) receiver (f) cost (g) benefited (h) useful/ helpful (i) miscreants/
criminals (j) alternative/ substitute.
11.
Answer:
a) populated b) huge c) illiteracy d) problems e) how f) taken g) been; h)
alone i) making j) from.
12.
Answer:
(a) opposite (b) depends (c) turn; (d) unless (e) protect (f) erosion (g)
hardly (h) apply (i) where (j) think.
13.
Answer:
(a) expressing (b) people (c) same (d) own (e) called (f) are (g) mother (h)
heroic/ courageous (i) sacrificed (j) declared.
14.
Answer:
(a) seasons (b) spring (c) land/ soil/ ground (d) fertile/ alluvial/
productive/ plain (e) crops (f) main/ principal (g) earned/ gained (h) fiber
(i) agricultural (j) relies/ depends.
15.
Answer:
(a) depends (b) realize/ understand (c) destroyed (d) possible (e) impossible
(f) profusely (g) gather (h) Moreover (i) developed (j) across.
16.
Answer:
(a) job (b) oneself (c) create (d) also (e) rearing (f) farming (g) raising (h)
sectors (i) opportunities/ means (j) easily(a) comfort (b) can (c) without
money (d) any (e) love (f) mercy (g) earn (h) for (i) bring (j) different.
17. Answer: a. unique/great/versatile/incredible/extraordinary/unparalleled
b. not only c. But also d. Translating e. Fame/prestige/honor f. Government/colonialism/imperialism
g. Independence/freedom/liberty h. Representing/highlighting/introducing
i. Devoted/introduced j.
Prolifically/profusely/spontaneously/exclusively/predominantly.
18. Answer; a. Pleasurable/ inanimate b. Laugher/smile
simplicity c. Differently/difficulties/problems d. Universal/absolute e.
Perception f. Eye g. Questions h. Are i. Truth j. Forever.
19. Answer: a. Natural/scenic b. Enchanted/charmed/fascinated/spell-bound
c. Lavishly/abundantly/profusely d. Beauty e. Love/passion f. Core g.
Develop/boost up h. Development/prosperity i. Uplift/happiness j.
Force/source/makers/builders/architects.
20. Answer: a. Organized/arranged/held b.
Sponsored/patronized c. Companies/factories/industries d. Exchange/return e.
Advertise/publicize f. Telecast/broadcast g. live h. Result/consequence i.
Coverage j. Expansion/promotion/spread.
21. Answer: a. Weaken/degrade/lessen/lower/ decrease b. Ads c.
Love/warmth/passion/feelings d. Suffering/ miseries/burdens/sorrows/troubles/problems
e. Birth f. Rebuked/cursed/blamed g. Discrimination/disparity/difference h.
Enough/at all/running i. Ensure/uphold/give/develop j. The/all
22. Answer: a. Father; b. Future/leader/ precursor c.
Lead/guide/govern d. Country/nation e. Guidance/leadership f.
Duty/responsibility g. Latent/hidden/dormant h. Required/necessary/essential i. Grows/can
grow/may grow/can be brought j. Possible/easier.
23. Answer: a. lifetime b. dedicated c. struggle d. white e.
oppression f. aligned g. struggle h. said i. epicenter j. where
24. Answer: a. Becomes b. like c. common d. despite e. continue f. bridge g. are; h.
pregnancy i. brides j. informed
25. Answer: a. are b. a c. employee d. already e. rearing f.
farming g. the h. many i. employment j. can.
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