PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

CLOZE TEST

PREPARATORY SET-94 (OLD PATTERN)

Direction (Qs.1 to 10): 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 fills the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

 

In the …(1)… of the wintry sun, next morning, as it streamed over the breakfast table he laughed at his fears. There was an air of …(2)…  wholesomeness about the room which it had lacked on the previous night, and the dirty, shriveled little paw was pitched on the side-board with a carelessness which …(3)…  no great belief in its virtues. “Morris said the things happened so naturally,” said his father, “that you might if you so wished attribute it to …(4)….” “Well don't break into the money before I come back,” said Herbert as he rose from the table. “I'm afraid it'll turn you into a mean, …(5)…  man, and we shall have to …(6)…  you. “His mother laughed, and following him to the door, watched him down the road; and returning to the breakfast table, was very happy at the expense of her husband's. Some time later she was watching the mysterious movements of a man outside, who, …(7)…  in an …(8)…  fashion at the house, appeared to be trying to make up his mind to enter. In mental connexion with the two hundred pounds, she noticed that the stranger looked …(9)…, and wore a silk hat of glossy newness. Three times he paused at the gate, and then walked on again. The fourth time he stood with his hand upon it, and then with sudden …(10)… flung it open and walked up the path.

Question No : 1

(1) jinx                      

(2) celerity                

(3) brightness           

(4) brazen                 

(5) eccentricity

Question No : 2

(1) prosaic                 

(2) factual                 

(3) intrepid               

(4) versatile              

(5) complete

Question No : 3

(1) annoyed              

(2) signified              

(3) endangered         

(4) made                   

(5) lured

Question No : 4

(1) altruism               

(2) tyranny               

(3) coincidence          

(4) overview             

(5) parity

Question No : 5

(1) greedy                 

(2) bolster                 

(3) profound             

(4) obedient              

(5) peevish

Question No : 6

(1) bawl                    

(2) usurp                   

(3) goad                    

(4) disown                

(5) drawl

Question No : 7

(1) loitering              

(2) staring                 

(3) hindering            

(4) wandering           

(5) striking

Question No : 8

(1) undecided           

(2) fertile                  

(3) indescribable       

(4) petty                    

(5) incompetent

Question No : 9

(1) utopian                

(2) skirmish              

(3) cry                       

(4) affluent                

(5) skeptical

Question No : 10

(1) hesitation            

(2) sluggard              

(3) avoid                   

(4) parody                

(5) resolution