ENGLISH QUIZ- CLOZE TEST

Q.1-10. In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are
printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank
appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

In economics, the term recession generally describes the reduction of a country’s Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) for at least two quarters. A recession is (1) by rising unemployment,
increase in government borrowing, (2) of share and stock prices, and falling investment. All Of these
characteristics have effects on people. Some recessions have been anticipated by stock market
declines.
The real-estate market also usually (3) before a recession. However real-estate declines can last
much longer than recessions. During an economic decline, high (4) stocks such as financial services,
pharmaceuticals, and tobacco (5) to hold up better. However when the economy .starts to recover
growth, stocks tend to recover faster. There is significant disagreement about how health care and
utilities tend to (6).

In 2008, an economic recession was suggested by several important indicators of economic
downturn. These (7) high oil prices, which led to (8) high food prices due to a dependence of food
production on petroleum, as well as using food crop products such as ethanol and biodiesel as an
(9) to petroleum; and global inflation; a substantial credit crisis leading to the drastic bankruptcy of
large and well (10) investment banks as well as commercial banks in various, diverse nations
around the world; increased unemployment; and signs of. contemporaneous economic downturns in
major economies of the world, a globalrecession.

Q.1. (1) visualized (2) characterized (3) imagined
(4) depict (5) shown

Q.2. (1) decrease (2) abundance (3) increase
(4) variance (5) more

Q.3. (1) strengthens (2) volatile (3) weakens (4) initiates (5) awakens

Q.4. (1) result (2) payment (3) maintained (4) yield (5) heavy

Q.5. (1) yearn (2) made (3) are (4) want (5) tend

Q.6. (1) increased (2) fight (3) distribute (4) recover (5) wait

Q.7. (1) included (2) encompass (3) meant (4) show (5) numbered

Q.8. (1) healthy (2) nutritious (3) fearful (4) dangerous (5) abnormally

Q.9. (1) element (2) integral (3) alternative (4) variant (5) substitute


Q.10. (1) created (2) established (3) wealthy (4) costly (5) stand

Answres:

A.1.(2) characterized means represented
for other options -
visualized- seen
imagined - thought of
depict - explain
shown – exhibited

A.2.(1) decrease - to reduce / decline
When there is a recession the prices of
shares decrease, they don't increase.
for other options
abundance means in enough quantity
increase - rise (opposite)
variance - variety/difference
more- is used for number

A.3.(3) Weakens - declines/becomes less strong
for other options -
strengthens - empowers (opposite)
volatile - likely to change suddenly
initiates - to start (the market doesn't
start before a recession)
awakens - alarms.

A.4.(4) yield - profit
for other options
result - consequence
(payment- act of paying)
maintained - continued at the same level.
eg.We don't have highmaintained stocks
heavy - weighing a lot
high heavy cannot be used.

A.5.(5) tend - likely to happen
for other options
yearn- to wish for something that is
difficult to get (used for persons).

A.6.(4) recover - to regain (a position)
increased - rose
fight - struggle
distribute - to give things to several persons
the health care and utilities tend to recover
(gain their position back).

A.7.(1) included - had it as a part of
for other options -
encompass - to include a large number
or range of things
meant - had as a meaning
show - to make something clear
numbered - made a series.

A.8.(5) abnormally - different from normal.
for other options
healthy - (used in a good sense)
(successful & working well)
here the rise of prices is not healthy
nutritious is used for food (having
nutrients)
dangerous - likely to injure or harm
fearful - causing fear.

A.9.(3) alternative - choice other than) (biodiesel
can be used as an alternative to petrol. It
can be used in place of petrol.
for other optionselement
- Part of something
integral - an essential part
variant - different
substitute - a person/thing that is used
instead of the one you normally use or
have (can be used with article ‘an’)

A.10.(2) established - doing well
The banks are well established (well
settled)
created - set up/invented
wealthy - having a lot of money (used for
persons)
costly - costing a lot ofmoney; expensive
stand - cannot be used.

Difficult words and their meaning
(taken from the passage).
(1) heat - trapping - absorbing heat
(2) permafrost - ice or frozen water
(3) aspects - features
(4) emission - something that is let out
(like gas etc.)
(5) stabilize - to make stable
(6) threat - danger
(7) threshold - the place or point of
beginning, the outset
(8) impact - effect
(9) track - path/way

(10) modeling - changing

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