Cloze Test Passage Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 1

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This first cloze test contains 30 multiple choice questions on the topic of cloze test passage of English language. Both English learners and ESL teachers can use this online exercise as a revision to check the knowledge of cloze test.

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Question 1

1. There are some specific characteristics that make “Wimbledon Tennis Championships” unique. Wimbledon is the only major tennis tournament (1) _____ on grass. But that's not the only reason (2) _____ it is so special. Wimbledon is an excellent organization. It may give the impression that nothing has changed over the decades, (3)_____ in reality, everything is continuously improving and modernizing. Every novelty (4) _____ the desire to present tennis of the highest quality (5) _____ the traditional environment of an English garden.

A	to play
B	played
C	playing
D	to be playing
E	play

Question 2

2. There are some specific characteristics that make “Wimbledon Tennis Championships” unique. Wimbledon is the only major tennis tournament (1) _____ on grass. But that's not the only reason (2) _____ it is so special. Wimbledon is an excellent organization. It may give the impression that nothing has changed over the decades, (3)_____ in reality, everything is continuously improving and modernizing. Every novelty (4) _____ the desire to present tennis of the highest quality (5) _____ the traditional environment of an English garden.

A	for
B	why
C	because
D	since
E	therefore

Question 3

3. There are some specific characteristics that make “Wimbledon Tennis Championships” unique. Wimbledon is the only major tennis tournament (1) _____ on grass. But that's not the only reason (2) _____ it is so special. Wimbledon is an excellent organization. It may give the impression that nothing has changed over the decades, (3)_____ in reality, everything is continuously improving and modernizing. Every novelty (4) _____ the desire to present tennis of the highest quality (5) _____ the traditional environment of an English garden.

A	so
B	as
C	while
D	as if
E	due to

Question 4

4. There are some specific characteristics that make “Wimbledon Tennis Championships” unique. Wimbledon is the only major tennis tournament (1) _____ on grass. But that's not the only reason (2) _____ it is so special. Wimbledon is an excellent organization. It may give the impression that nothing has changed over the decades, (3)_____ in reality, everything is continuously improving and modernizing. Every novelty (4) _____ the desire to present tennis of the highest quality (5) _____ the traditional environment of an English garden.

A	requires
B	denies
C	insists
D	revises
E	reflects

Question 5

5. There are some specific characteristics that make “Wimbledon Tennis Championships” unique. Wimbledon is the only major tennis tournament (1) _____ on grass. But that's not the only reason (2) _____ it is so special. Wimbledon is an excellent organization. It may give the impression that nothing has changed over the decades, (3)_____ in reality, everything is continuously improving and modernizing. Every novelty (4) _____ the desire to present tennis of the highest quality (5) _____ the traditional environment of an English garden.

A	within
B	at
C	on
D	without
E	from

Question 6

6. The first half of the 20th century was dominated by the two world wars. The wars resulted in unprecedented numbers of casualties. Eight and a half million people are believed (6 )___fighting in the first world war of 1914-1918. During the Second World War as many as 60 million (7 )____ in Asia and the Pacific. (8 )_____ all the total number of casualties, half were civilians. The scale of killing was largely (9 )_____ the destructive power of weaponry. With the use of atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War, this reached (10) ____ terrifying a peak that the major powers tried to prevent international wars.

A	to be dying
B	that they died
C	having died
D	to have died
E	died

Question 7

7. The first half of the 20th century was dominated by the two world wars. The wars resulted in unprecedented numbers of casualties. Eight and a half million people are believed (6 )___fighting in the first world war of 1914-1918. During the Second World War as many as 60 million (7 )____ in Asia and the Pacific. (8 )_____ all the total number of casualties, half were civilians. The scale of killing was largely (9 )_____ the destructive power of weaponry. With the use of atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War, this reached (10) ____ terrifying a peak that the major powers tried to prevent international wars.

A	killed
B	killing
C	having been killed
D	were killed
E	having killed

Question 8

8. The first half of the 20th century was dominated by the two world wars. The wars resulted in unprecedented numbers of casualties. Eight and a half million people are believed (6 )___fighting in the first world war of 1914-1918. During the Second World War as many as 60 million (7 )____ in Asia and the Pacific. (8 )_____ all the total number of casualties, half were civilians. The scale of killing was largely (9 )_____ the destructive power of weaponry. With the use of atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War, this reached (10) ____ terrifying a peak that the major powers tried to prevent international wars.

A	Of
B	From
C	Over
D	About
E	Without

Question 9

9.The first half of the 20th century was dominated by the two world wars. The wars resulted in unprecedented numbers of casualties. Eight and a half million people are believed (6 )___fighting in the first world war of 1914-1918. During the Second World War as many as 60 million (7 )____ in Asia and the Pacific. (8 )_____ all the total number of casualties, half were civilians. The scale of killing was largely (9 )_____ the destructive power of weaponry. With the use of atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War, this reached (10) ____ terrifying a peak that the major powers tried to prevent international wars.

A	because
B	similar to
C	with respect to
D	as to
E	due to

Question 10

10. The first half of the 20th century was dominated by the two world wars. The wars resulted in unprecedented numbers of casualties. Eight and a half million people are believed (6 )___fighting in the first world war of 1914-1918. During the Second World War as many as 60 million (7 )____ in Asia and the Pacific. (8 )_____ all the total number of casualties, half were civilians. The scale of killing was largely (9 )_____ the destructive power of weaponry. With the use of atomic bomb at the end of the Second World War, this reached (10) ____ terrifying a peak that the major powers tried to prevent international wars.

A	such
B	very
C	too
D	so
E	much

Question 11

11. Alexander the Great's official historian was a professional flatterer who knew (11) ______to please his arrogant king. He called him the new Achilles, from Alexander's favourite (12) ____ in his favourite book, the Iliad. When, (13) ______Alexander allowed himself to be worshipped as a god by some of his Asian subjects, Callisthenes thought this went (14) ____ far. This time he quoted the Iliad - against him: A better man than you was Patroclus, but still death didn't spare him. Getting angry, Alexander had Callisthenes connected to an assassination plot, and though he was (15)_____ , he found him guilty.

A	why
B	which
C	how
D	what
E	whom

Question 12

12. Alexander the Great's official historian was a professional flatterer who knew (11) ______to please his arrogant king. He called him the new Achilles, from Alexander's favourite (12) ____ in his favourite book, the Iliad. When, (13) ______Alexander allowed himself to be worshipped as a god by some of his Asian subjects, Callisthenes thought this went (14) ____ far. This time he quoted the Iliad - against him: A better man than you was Patroclus, but still death didn't spare him. Getting angry, Alexander had Callisthenes connected to an assassination plot, and though he was (15)_____ , he found him guilty.

A	role
B	cast
C	personification
D	suspect
E	character

Question 13

13. Alexander the Great's official historian was a professional flatterer who knew (11) ______to please his arrogant king. He called him the new Achilles, from Alexander's favourite (12) ____ in his favourite book, the Iliad. When, (13) ______Alexander allowed himself to be worshipped as a god by some of his Asian subjects, Callisthenes thought this went (14) ____ far. This time he quoted the Iliad - against him: A better man than you was Patroclus, but still death didn't spare him. Getting angry, Alexander had Callisthenes connected to an assassination plot, and though he was (15)_____ , he found him guilty.

A	although
B	however
C	despite
D	owing to
E	whichever

Question 14

14. Alexander the Great's official historian was a professional flatterer who knew (11) ______to please his arrogant king. He called him the new Achilles, from Alexander's favourite (12) ____ in his favourite book, the Iliad. When, (13) ______Alexander allowed himself to be worshipped as a god by some of his Asian subjects, Callisthenes thought this went (14) ____ far. This time he quoted the Iliad - against him: A better man than you was Patroclus, but still death didn't spare him. Getting angry, Alexander had Callisthenes connected to an assassination plot, and though he was (15)_____ , he found him guilty.

A	too
B	little
C	away
D	by
E	such

Question 15

15. Alexander the Great's official historian was a professional flatterer who knew (11) ______to please his arrogant king. He called him the new Achilles, from Alexander's favourite (12) ____ in his favourite book, the Iliad. When, (13) ______Alexander allowed himself to be worshipped as a god by some of his Asian subjects, Callisthenes thought this went (14) ____ far. This time he quoted the Iliad - against him: A better man than you was Patroclus, but still death didn't spare him. Getting angry, Alexander had Callisthenes connected to an assassination plot, and though he was (15)_____ , he found him guilty.

A	criminal
B	mean
C	innocent
D	plaintiff
E	spoiled

Question 16

16. Thomas Pynchon, the American novelist and sometime short-rstory writer, is as elusive as the characters he (16)_____. In his books, characters seem to shift their identities at the drop of a hat, (17)_____ a way that readers find either confusing (18) _____ amusing. As for the writer (19) ____ , not one photo of him has ever been officially released, and even his publisher does not know (20) _____ he lives.

A	puts
B	creates
C	exerts
D	discovers
E	excludes

Question 17

17. Thomas Pynchon, the American novelist and sometime short-rstory writer, is as elusive as the characters he (16)_____. In his books, characters seem to shift their identities at the drop of a hat, (17)_____ a way that readers find either confusing (18) _____ amusing. As for the writer (19) ____ , not one photo of him has ever been officially released, and even his publisher does not know (20) _____ he lives.

A	at
B	in
C	of
D	on
E	for

Question 18

18. Thomas Pynchon, the American novelist and sometime short-rstory writer, is as elusive as the characters he (16)_____. In his books, characters seem to shift their identities at the drop of a hat, (17)_____ a way that readers find either confusing (18) _____ amusing. As for the writer (19) ____ , not one photo of him has ever been officially released, and even his publisher does not know (20) _____ he lives.

A	and
B	nor
C	too
D	or
E	so

Question 19

19. Thomas Pynchon, the American novelist and sometime short-rstory writer, is as elusive as the characters he (16)_____. In his books, characters seem to shift their identities at the drop of a hat, (17)_____ a way that readers find either confusing (18) _____ amusing. As for the writer (19) ____ , not one photo of him has ever been officially released, and even his publisher does not know (20) _____ he lives.

A	himself
B	his own
C	him
D	his
E	he

Question 20

20. Thomas Pynchon, the American novelist and sometime short-rstory writer, is as elusive as the characters he (16)_____. In his books, characters seem to shift their identities at the drop of a hat, (17)_____ a way that readers find either confusing (18) _____ amusing. As for the writer (19) ____ , not one photo of him has ever been officially released, and even his publisher does not know (20) _____ he lives.

A	when
B	whom
C	which
D	where
E	that

Question 21

21. Psychic energy is not new in terms of intuitive human awareness. (21)______ the earliest history of civilization, philosophers and scientists have (22)______ its structure and potential according to their cultural conditioning and personal belief systems. It's new only(23)_____ the sense (24)______scientists have recently established (25) _____ existence and learning how to measure it in the laboratory.

A	Because
B	Despite the fact that
C	For
D	Then
E	Since

Question 22

22. Psychic energy is not new in terms of intuitive human awareness. (21)______ the earliest history of civilization, philosophers and scientists have (22)______ its structure and potential according to their cultural conditioning and personal belief systems. It's new only(23)_____ the sense (24)______scientists have recently established (25) _____ existence and learning how to measure it in the laboratory.

A	compressed
B	conceptualized
C	curtailed
D	resigned
E	fluctuated

Question 23

23. Psychic energy is not new in terms of intuitive human awareness. (21)______ the earliest history of civilization, philosophers and scientists have (22)______ its structure and potential according to their cultural conditioning and personal belief systems. It's new only(23)_____ the sense (24)______scientists have recently established (25) _____ existence and learning how to measure it in the laboratory.

A	in
B	on
C	at
D	under
E	with

Question 24

24. Psychic energy is not new in terms of intuitive human awareness. (21)______ the earliest history of civilization, philosophers and scientists have (22)______ its structure and potential according to their cultural conditioning and personal belief systems. It's new only(23)_____ the sense (24)______scientists have recently established (25) _____ existence and learning how to measure it in the laboratory.

A	who
B	that
C	where
D	whose
E	on which

Question 25

25. Psychic energy is not new in terms of intuitive human awareness. (21)______ the earliest history of civilization, philosophers and scientists have (22)______ its structure and potential according to their cultural conditioning and personal belief systems. It's new only(23)_____ the sense (24)______scientists have recently established (25) _____ existence and learning how to measure it in the laboratory.

A	it
B	our
C	its
D	their
E	your

Question 26

26. The planet Jupiter is named after the mythical king of the Roman gods. In many (26)______it is the kina of the planets. Jupiter is the largest of the planets circling the Sun, biq (27)______to contain all the others with room to (28 )_____ . Its immense gravity controls a family of 16 moons, and it is surrounded (2 9 )______ radiation belts powerful enough to kill a visiting astronaut. If (3 0 )_____ looks at Jupiter through even the smallest of telescopes, he/she can make out bands of cloud in yellow and white.

A	effects
B	types
C	ideas
D	reasons
E	ways

Question 27

27. The planet Jupiter is named after the mythical king of the Roman gods. In many (26)______it is the kina of the planets. Jupiter is the largest of the planets circling the Sun, biq (27)______to contain all the others with room to (28 )_____ . Its immense gravity controls a family of 16 moons, and it is surrounded (2 9 )______ radiation belts powerful enough to kill a visiting astronaut. If (3 0 )_____ looks at Jupiter through even the smallest of telescopes, he/she can make out bands of cloud in yellow and white.

A	enough
B	so
C	more
D	that
E	too

Question 28

28. The planet Jupiter is named after the mythical king of the Roman gods. In many (26)______it is the kina of the planets. Jupiter is the largest of the planets circling the Sun, biq (27)______to contain all the others with room to (28 )_____ . Its immense gravity controls a family of 16 moons, and it is surrounded (2 9 )______ radiation belts powerful enough to kill a visiting astronaut. If (3 0 )_____ looks at Jupiter through even the smallest of telescopes, he/she can make out bands of cloud in yellow and white.

A	sell
B	rent
C	go
D	spare
E	send

Question 29

29. The planet Jupiter is named after the mythical king of the Roman gods. In many (26)______it is the kina of the planets. Jupiter is the largest of the planets circling the Sun, biq (27)______to contain all the others with room to (28 )_____ . Its immense gravity controls a family of 16 moons, and it is surrounded (2 9 )______ radiation belts powerful enough to kill a visiting astronaut. If (3 0 )_____ looks at Jupiter through even the smallest of telescopes, he/she can make out bands of cloud in yellow and white.

A	in
B	by
C	for
D	of
E	at

Question 30

30. The planet Jupiter is named after the mythical king of the Roman gods. In many (26)______it is the kina of the planets. Jupiter is the largest of the planets circling the Sun, biq (27)______to contain all the others with room to (28 )_____ . Its immense gravity controls a family of 16 moons, and it is surrounded (2 9 )______ radiation belts powerful enough to kill a visiting astronaut. If (3 0 )_____ looks at Jupiter through even the smallest of telescopes, he/she can make out bands of cloud in yellow and white.