English Quiz : 12-03-2020 (Cloze Test)


Directions (1-5): In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully complete.
The US government should be taking PM2.5 pollution much more seriously, tightening standards and increasing (1) ……for industry, power plants and transportation. The alternative is a populace with degraded health and mental skills.
Fighting air pollution is even more important in China and India, whose rapid coal-powered industrialization has left their cities (2) ……in a haze of toxic smog. Beijing’s PM2.5 levels average about 100 micrograms per cubic meter, or about 10 times that of New York City, and regularly exceed twice that amount. India is even worse.
This toxic air is so severe that it may be (3) ……the brains of an entire generation of Chinese and Indian children. A recent report by the World Bank found that test scores were significantly lower in these countries than in the developed world: The price China and India pay
Poor countries generally tend to lag rich ones in test scores because of (4) ……nutrition and education systems. But China and India don’t even measure up to low-income Vietnam. Something is going wrong and air pollution is a good candidate.
For the US, strengthening environmental regulations and cutting fine particulate matter would be a good idea. For China, India and other rapidly industrializing countries it’s an (5) …… necessity.
1) The US government should be taking PM2.5 pollution much more seriously, tightening standards and increasing (1) ……for industry, power plants and transportation.
A) insatiable
B) enforcement
C) appetite
D) yearning
E) None of these
Answer: (b)
In the given sentence, only ‘enforcement’ makes it grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Option A): is incorrect because insatiable means an appetite for something that cannot be satisfied which does not fit here.
Option B): is the correct alternative among the following as ‘enforcement’ fit here both grammatically and contextually
Option C): is incorrect as appetitemeans desire.
Option D): is incorrect as yearning does not fit here contextually.

2) Fighting air pollution is even more important in China and India, whose rapid coal-powered industrialization has left their cities (2) ……in a haze of toxic smog.
A) blanketed
B) ravenous
C) sift
D) tantamount
E) None of these
Answer: (a)
In the given sentence, only ‘blanketed’ make it grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Option A): is the correct alternative among the following as ‘blanketed’ fit here both grammatically and contextually
Option B): is incorrect as ravenous means extremely hungry which does not make any sense here.
Option C): is incorrect as sift means put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles.
Option D): is incorrect as ‘tantamount’ does not fit here contextually.

3) This toxic air is so severe that it may be (3) ……the brains of an entire generation of Chinese and Indian children.
A) damaging
B) dissimilar
C) presumptive
D) improbable
E) None of these
Answer: (a)
In the given sentence, only ‘damaging’ make it grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Option A is the correct alternative among the following as damaging perfectly fits in the blank both grammatically and contextually
Option B is incorrect as dissimilar does not make any sense here.
Option C is incorrect because ‘presumptive’ means of the nature of a presumption; presumed in the absence of further information.
Option D is incorrect because ‘improbable’ is contextually wrong.

4) Poor countries generally tend to lag rich ones in test scores because of (4) ……nutrition and education systems.
A) unlettered
B) refined
C) macabre
D) soothing
E) None of these
Answer: (e)
In the given sentence, only ‘inferior’ make it grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Option A): is incorrect because unlettered means (of a person) poorly educated or illiterate which does not fit here.
Option B): is incorrect as refined does not make any sense here.
Option C): is the incorrect as ‘macabre’ does not fit here.
Option D): is incorrect as soothing does not fit here contextually.

5) For China, India and other rapidly industrializing countries it’s an (5) ……necessity.
A) assuage
B) palliate
C) avow
D) absolute
E) None of these
Answer: (d)
In the given sentence, only ‘absolute’ make it grammatically as well as contextually correct.
Option A): is incorrect because assuage means make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense which does not fit here.
Option B): is incorrect as palliate does not make any sense here.
Option C): is incorrect as ‘avow’ does not fit here.
Option D): is the correct alternative among the following as ‘absolute’ fit here both grammatically and contextually



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