CLOZE TEST - TCS

1. Each species has its special place or habitat. An ...(1)... bird-watcher can look at
...(2)... forest, meadow, lake, swamp or field and ...(3)... almost exactly what
birds he ...(4)... find there ...(5)... birds are found all over the world; others ...
(6)... themselves to certain areas. Still ...(7)... migrate from one country to
another in ...(8)... in search of warmth and ...(9)... and then return in spring, ...
(10)... the season is more favorable.

1. A. Expert B. Experienced C. Advanced D. Active

2. A. The B. Some C. a D. Certain
3. A. Predict B. Suggest C. Prophecy D. Calculate
4. A. Should B. Must C. Might D. Will
5. A. More B. Some C. Most D. All
6. A. Keep B. Entrust C Confine D. Involve
7. A. Some B. Others C. Few D. All
8. A. Winter B. Summer C. Spring D. Autumn
9. A. Seeds B. Crops C. Fruit D. Food
10.A. While B. Until C. After D. When
2. The idea of the documentary was …1… by Anubhav in the year 2007 while he
was …2… to his undergraduate course …3… the Western International
University, New Delhi, India as a possible …4… for an annual inter-university
competition …5… SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) …6… his institution
rejected his …7… on account of non-feasibility. …8… then he is independently
working on this documentary and has …9… interviewed famous personalities
from all walks of …10….

1. A. accepted B. conceived C. borrowed D. taken

2. A. attending B. arriving C. catching D. noticing

3. A. on B. in C. at D. as

4. A. exit B. entry C. retirement D. allocation

5. A. for B.  from C.  if D.  from

6. A. except B. only C. but D. yet

7. A. angle B. proposal C. motion D. news

8. A.  since B.  nearby C. convenient D.  beside

9. A.  presently B. lastly C. old D. already

10. A.  light B. live C. alone D. life

3. Studying recent human … (1)… can be frustrating. Take lactose tolerance—the
ability of some people, particularly of European …(2)…, to digest this sugar,
found in milk, even into adulthood. In the evolutionary past the …(3)… for
lactase, the enzyme that does the digesting, normally got switched off in adults.
But one variant (known as an allele) of the gene that does the …(4)… instead
leaves the system running, …(5)… adult lactose tolerance. That lets this allele’s
bearers consume a diet rich in dairy products, a useful trick for a species
beginning to …(6)… milk-producing animals. Genetic …(7)… shows that
lactose tolerance emerged between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago. In evolutionary
terms, it is …(8)… extremely recent. In human terms, though, that …(9)…
means how it spread and how this process …(10)… with the rise of dairy
farming are lost in the mists of prehistory.

1. A) involvement B) evolution C) contribution D) growth

E) bond
2. A) descent B) person C) mass D) category
E) gradient
3. A) ingestion B) maceration C) system D) gene
E) genetics
4. A) shut down B) pull up C) switching off D) ceasing of
E) switching
5. A) entrusting B) bequeathing C) endowing D) conferring
E) resolving
6. A graze B) tame C) domesticate D) organize
E) reciprocate
7. A) analysis B) analyzing C) audit D) scrutiny
E) rate

8. A) the B) thus C) thou D)

accordingly E) following
9. A) significance B) time C) problem D) issue
E) timescale
10. A) intertwined B) knit C) lace D) interlace
E) cross