PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-10 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 5): In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers correspond to the question numbers. Against each question, five words have been suggested, one of which would fill the blank appropriately. Mark the suitable word as the answer.

 

Without doubt, there is one thing …(1)… to all of us. We have played a game at some time in our lives. Most of us play to relax or have fun, but for many, playing a game or a sport is a way to ...(2)… poverty behind. In fact, in many African countries, playing a sport professionally can …(3)… the lives of a person’s entire family. For example, in the small town of Bekoji, in Ethopia more than a hundred boys and girls can be seen running at dawn every day. Each of these youth is …(4)… and serious and their coach is …(5)… that one of them will be a world champion.

Question No : 1

(1) accept        

(2) common    

(3) alike          

(4) similarity   

(5) popularity

Question No : 2

(1) alleviate     

(2) forgot        

(3) prevent      

(4) reduce       

(5) leave

Question No : 3

(1) changes     

(2) arrange      

(3) control       

(4) transform  

(5) shift

Question No : 4

(1) concentrate

(2) rival           

(3) focused      

(4) playful       

(5) performed

Question No : 5

(1) convince    

(2) optimist     

(3) intended    

(4) privilege    

(5) confident