What are cloze reading passages?

A CLOZE PASSAGE is a contextual analysis strategy that helps students learn to

predict and verify word meaning of unfamiliar words or familiar words that
have new/unusual meanings by searching for clues in nearby words, sentences,
and paragraphs of a text.
Here is an example of a cloze passage?
Cloze words involve letters being removed from particular words in a passage
of text. You need to fill these in correctly. For example: 'Recycling is important
because it helps to avoid unn------ry waste and protects the en------ent. '