Cloze Test Passage Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 1
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.
A | none |
B | he |
C | one |
D | it |
E | some |
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