CLOZE TEXT CENTER

CLOZE TEST 1
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
Everyone who participates in a discussion must also be an active listener. This means
(1)_______________if you don’t have anything to say at a particular time, you have to be
(2)______________. You need to examine ideas as (3)________________ are presented and
figure out whether you (4)______________them. Then, when its your turn to (5)____________,
you can make a meaningful comment.
As you listen to what others say, try to be (6)_________________. Free yourself from
preconceived ideas. Don’t be like the person who says “my mind is made
(7)_________________. Don’t confuse me with facts.” This sort of a person comes to a
discussion too (8)___________________ to accept any (9) ____________different from their
own. If left unchallenged, such a person can (10)________________ the whole discussion.
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CLOZE TEST 2
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
Barcelona City went1__________________ last week as players in the global telecoms sector
convened for the annual get together 2________________ the latest technologies in the mobile
industry. More 3_______________ 100,000 visitors from 201 countries attended the mobile
World Congress 2014 4_______________ by GSM Association and now in 5 _______________
third edition, turning the Spanish Coastal City 6 _______________ a hive of tech activities.
7__________________ in the past, technology companies and mobile 8 _________________
used the sectors 9___________________ gathering as a lounch pad for the latest and solutions
expected to 10________________ shape the industry.

CLOZE TEST 3
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
Reforming the judiciary after years of rot ______________1been considered the touchstone of
the 2010 constitution. But _______________2 a new administrative structure which
_______________3 the judicial service commission and a powerful chief registrar the hiring of
more________________4 and building of courts _________________5 improve access to
justice ,the financial appetite of this crucial institution has also increased. _______________6
the last one year has been difficult for the judiciary, especially with public disagreements
______________7 senior officials and allegations of _______________8. But lost in the reform
efforts and personal clashes are the concerns about the ________________9 cost of building new
courts, rehabilitating rundown structures________________10 leasing space.

CLOZE TEST 4
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
Concerns on insecurity (1) ____________________ persisted over the last one year despite
assurances from the government that it was taking robust (2) _____________________ to
protect life and property. The situation has been complicated by (3) ________________

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“lone wolf” terrorist attacks linked to the Somalia- based Al – Shabaab, eight months after the
deadly Westgate (4) _______________ in Nairobi that left at least 70 people dead. The latest in
the city’s popular Gikomba market only added to the body count and lives shattered. This is a
dangerous way (5) ____________________ one of Africa’s most promising economies to
live.Kenya’s international (6) __________________ is also slowly being eroded and, with it, the
attraction as a magnet for foreign tourists and investors. This week (7) __________________
advisories by some western governments showed how fragile the situation is when hundreds of
British tourists (8) _________________ short their holiday at the coast (9)
_______________flew back home. While some may consider this an overreaction, (10)
_____________________ the reality that terrorists with dark intentions are roaming the country
ready to attack is equally unhelpful.

CLOZE TEST 5
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.
We all have certain goals in life. Goals vary among people. For some one, a goal would be to get
1 ____________of debt, while for another person it would be to 2_________________ a
house ,while for someone else , it could be a 3_________________in an exotic location.
4________________________, a bad goal can sap your energy and distract you
5_____________________ making progress. A good goal on the other hand, can provide the
clarity and motivation you need to 6______________________ your dreams. 7
________________, people confuse a goal 8 ______________________ a wish. A goal is
different 9 ___________________ a wish. For example, you may want to be a rich person; this is
a wish and not a goal. A goal has to be realistic; measurable and has to be 10
___________________________ within a specific time frame.

CLOZE TEST 6
Read the passage below and fill in the blank space with an appropriate word (10 marks)
Most people would agree that the world today is in a sorry state. Despite …………………….(1)
the in science and technology and in spite of the fact that we are more educated now
than………………….(2) before, peace and happiness have……………………….(3) us.
Selfishness is rife; the family unit is breaking……………………….(4) , nations fight nations;
there is racial and religious intolerance, crimes and violence is on the………………(5)‘
everywhere and television and video games are poisoning the minds of our children. There
is…………………(6) corruption in the society. Safety and habitability of our planet is under
………………………(7) from environmental pollution. Scientists are playing God by tampering
with the building blocks of life and in the midst of this, millions of our brothers and sisters are
living in …………………….(8)poverty.
Modern education concentrates on the mind or intellectual developments and two a lesser extent
on the whole person, but gives a little attention to the spirit. Our education systems
have……………….(9) the fact that we are made up physical, spiritual, mental and social
dimensions. Education should…………………(10) holistic personality rather than only our
mental or cognitive domain.

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CLOZE TEST 7
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.
One of our(1)________________ fears in management is that of failure. It can be so great that it
leads to inertia, or the (2)________________ to act. How many times have you
(3)_____________________ off doing something because you fear that you will not do it
(4)___________________? There is nothing wrong with failing. (5)________________ is better
to try and fail and not to try at all. Anything that is worth doing is worth trying, even iif badly
done (6)____________ first.
The evidence of this is everywhere in (7)______________________. Take the case of
(8)__________________. They learn to walk the hard way. They fall down
(9)__________________ get up, ever and ever until they learn how to walk steadily.
As adults, we get impressed that they have (10)__________________ the effort to stand up, let
alone walk. We don’t withhold praise just because the child is still tying. Each effort is rewarded.

CLOZE TEST 8
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
There are many methods of recycling water. The (1) ………………………..of a water recycling
plant depends on the treatment of (2) …………………A treatment plant can either do primary or
(3) …………………..treatment. primary treatment is such that the water is safe (4)
………………to be released out to a river or a lake. But this is not (5) ………….for garden,
especially if you are doing a vegetable garden (6) …………………..some of the fruits and
vegetables may be eaten (7) …………………………. The best water recycling plant or system
(8) ……………………………use is that which has a water filtration system. It is this secondary
water that is safe for (9) …………………….. garden. There are two sources of waste water.
Grey water (10) …………………….from shower, wash-hand basin and kitchen while soil water
is mainly from the toilet.

CLOZE TEST 9
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
He ___________________to tell his story, but four people lost their lives and 21 escaped with
critical injuries yesterday._______________it not for the jamming of the gun aimed at his head,
Mr. Bartholomew Odhiambo, 31_______________not have told of the attack by unknown
people______________ to kill as many people as possible at Joy in Jesus church in Likoni
When I heard the first shot, my __________________________told me to run and this is the
time I came face to face with death. The bullet aimed_________________me hit a woman
behind me. I went down and _______________death,” he said while on his way to the doctor
receiving his X-rays result. Matters did not end there, he explained. The gunman,
after___________________the fire arm had jammed walked to ____________he was lying and

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stepped on his back telling him: Una bahati sana.”(You are very lucky) “As I lay there praying,
he poked my back hard with the gun until I felt sharp pains all __________my body,” he said
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CLOZE TEST 10
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word.
Mobile phone (1)____________ company safaricom is finalizing on the details (2)_________ a
contract to replace its current mobile money (3)___________ plat form icon a move that is
expected to (4)___________ system outrages and improve transaction speed (5)_______an
interview with the daily Nation the (6)_____ chief executive officer Bob Collymore said the
company has now (7) _____a vendor to provide that (8)______M-pesa platform that will be
hosted locally. Wi a customer base of over 15 million (9)________M pesa records over 279
transactiosn per second , which (10)_____ to Mr. Collymore, is away higher than the capacity of
the current platform, it is hope that once this venture is actualized, the m-pesa platform will be
greatly improved.

CLOZE TEST 11
Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word.
One can (1)_____________ wonder why there should be two (2)_________________ in the
same location. Of (3)_____________ it would be naïve to expect retrenchment (4)_______ the
political and social (5)_________________. A good (6)_____________ would be to
(7)_______________ the people from the provincial (8)______________ into the county
governments. County government can (9)_____________ the terms of service for the
current(10)________________of chiefs.

CLOZE TEST 12
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
The proposed partnership (1) __________________ Kenya Airways and Kenya Airport
Authority ( KAA) (2) ____________________ ambiguous according to a new audit. (3)
_____________ report tabled in the National (4) ____________yesterday reveals how decisions
(5) ______________ have been made without the (6) _________________ of KAA. Also it
states that crucial documents necessary to paint (7) ________________ clear picture of the deal
were missing. Without key (8) _________________, the auditors were unable to convince
themselves that dealings involved (9) _________________ the merger has so far been
transparent and stuck to the straight and narrow. The auditors said they could (10)
__________________ no evidence of a feasibility study that allegedly informed a cabinet memo
seeking approval for the deal.

CLOZE TEST 13
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
As a student who does well in Science and Maths, I always wonder why English is taught as a
…………………………(1) subject in high school. We were taught spelling and punctuation
from Primary school. But this fizzles out once we ………………………….(2) to high school.

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Now, I can understand the teaching of English if it involved things such as
……………………… (3) to write a thesis paper or how to write a proposal. But we are taught
to analyse ……………………. (4) and what they mean to us. We are made to
………………………… (5) lengthy essays on a weekly basis explaining things such as “How
women have played a significant role in the development of their society,” and we have to
include examples and quotes from different texts. The ……………………(6) work is then
marked according to how well they…………………………….. (7) and are generally not marked
………………………(8) because of things such as ……………………… (9) and punctuation. I
believe that what we learn in primary school should be a …………………………… (10) of
what to expect in secondary school.

CLOZE TEST 14
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
A new research title “Underage drinking in Kenya”, has …………………1……………….that
nearly one third of form four students aged below 18 years take alcohol …………
2………………. As our society ponders this sad ………………3……………………….., the
urgent message to children who are taking alcohol ……………………4……………. do not
drink another sip. Advice to those children is to strongly say “no”. ………………
5…………………irresponsible behaviour, to alcoholism, there are many………………
6………………effects of alcohol. It is wrong and illegal for children to drink alcohol. This
report also states that 46 percent of the children received ………………7…….first pint from
friends and ……………8…………………. Do you offer alcohol to a child? As a parent or
guardian, do you nurture …………………9…………….? How much time do you spend with
them? Notably, …………………10……………of guidance and supervision are stimuli to
underage drinking.

CLOZE TEST 15
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
Global warming is the term used to describe a(1)……………..increase in the average
temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently
changing the Earth’s (2)……………... There is great debate among many people, and sometimes
in the news, (3)………………whether global warming is real. (4)………………climate
scientists looking at the data and facts agree the planet is warming. While many view the (5)
…………..of global warming to be more substantial and more rapidly occurring than others do,
the scientific consensus on (6)…………….changes related to global warming is that the average
temperature of the Earth has risen between 0.4 oC and 0.8 oC over the past 100 years. The
increased (7)……………..of carbon dioxide released by burning of fossil fuels, land clearing,
agriculture and other human activities are believed to be the (8) ……………..sources of the
global warming thus has occurred over the past 50 years. (9)……………..from
intergovernmental panel on climate predicted that global temperatures could increase by 1.4 oC
and 5.8 oC by the year 2100. (10)………………… resulting from global warming may include
rising sea levels, increase in occurrence of severe weather events.

CLOZE TEST 16

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Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with appropriate word.
Addiction is an escape (1) ____________ reality, and different people will find (2)
______________ ways to escape from the real world. They can be addicted to food, money,
work, gambling, sex, love (3)________________ even to destructive relationships. Do these
belong in the same category as alcohol or drugs? And if so, does recovery from those “people
addictions” work the same way as with alcohol and drugs?
Addicts look for substitutes, and the reason (4) ______________ this is always the same:
to escape, to close one eye and not to (5) _________________the fact. By becoming fat, the
over eater insulates (6) _______________ from the world around. It is better to be rejected for
the way they look, than for whom they are as a (7) __________________ . Thus, being fat
becomes a way to avoid the risk of intimacy. There are people who are addicted to work. They
will go home (8) ___________ , just to avoid interaction with the family. Workaholism is a
dysfunctional attempt to earn self-esteem by being productive. The (9)____________ may fear
intimacy, and take refuge in work as a way of avoiding meaningful interaction with others.
Addiction, in every form is a means of survival. Alcoholism is not a slow form of suicide - at
least, not as (10) _____________ as the alcoholic is concerned. Alcoholics think of drinks as
their best - perhaps their only - means of survival.

CLOZE TEST 17
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
The community and forces of tradition 1………………..…the most important aspects of African
society. Tradition 2……………….that everyone walks in the steps of his ancestors; it is
formulated in codes of behavior and morality which must be 3…………………. All forms of
action, thought and ambition 4………………their springs in these codes. Like the community,
these traditions 5………………………..formed by the ancestors and their roles
6………………………..to maintain unity between the living and the dead.
Right from birth, the life of the African child 7………………….the codes of tradition which
direct him in society and 8………………..to him his rights and duties-duties in the sense of
those social and religious obligations which were 9…………………by the ancestors and which
must be fulfilled. By observing these rights and duties, the child 10…………………….a dual
function.

CLOZE TEST 18
Fill in the blanks spaces in the passage below with an appropriate word. (10 marks)
Probably no type of test question (i) ……………….. students so much as an essay question.
Usually they fear being (ii) …………………………… with questions that demand somewhat
lengthy answers (iii) ……………………….. intelligible prose. Essay questions (iv)
……………………. are necessary because they test for the type (v) ……………………
information that objective questions tend to ignore. (vi) ……………………….. essay questions
enables the tester to determine a student’s ability to put facts into perspective and to draw
subjective conclusions. You should (vii) ………………… an essay with the same care as you
would any formal written (viii) ………………………. A careful reading of the question is
indispensable. You must determine (ix) …………… what it is the question seeks to discover. It
is also good practice to sketch out an (x) …………………… before you begin.

CLOZE TEST 19

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Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
For many English learners learning to write fluently 1…………………….. English is much
more challenging than learning to speak 2……………………... Even for advanced level
learners, written communications can come much more slowly in English than
3……………………communications. When writing in English, one needs to follow
4…………………of grammar much more closely than in spoken 5………………………. For
example, if someone says 'Please borrow me your pen' in conversation, it's clear from the context
that the speaker intended to say 'Please 6………..………….me your pen'. In written
7………………..……, words are even more 8……………..………because they lack visual
context. Especially if you are working in a business 9……………………, making mistakes can
cause miscommunication 10…………..……. might lead to problems. In conversation, you can
smile and make a good impression.

CLOZE TEST 20
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the following passage with the most appropriate word.
From the modest achievement of overcoming Maths and Science anxiety, some students at St.
Alberts Ulanda Girls High School (1)……………………… Migori County have launched a
thriving water bottling business and are now looking (2)………………………… to raking
millions from the venture.
(3)………………. plant, operated strictly by students currently produces 3,600 half litre bottles
(4)……………………… month. They plan to expand its capacity to tap (5)………………. the
commercial market.
As the (6)……………….……..awaits certification by the Kenya Bureau of (7)…………………(
KEBS), the (8)…………………. water is internally sold to members of staff, administration and
the (9)…………………… than 2,400 students at the school.
The water is sourced from the nearby River Oyani (10)……………………… undergoing a
series of purification processes, after which it is released for consumption.

CLOZE TEST 21
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
Tension was (1)…………….in various parts of the country when rumors went round that phone
users would die after receiving calls from (2) ……………….telephone numbers. Many
telephone users avoided calls (3)……………their mobile phones after information spread that
calls coming in red digits could cause death(4)……………………because high frequency waves
would cause excessive bleeding in the brain. Some subscribers (5)…………..switched off their
phones. The rumors started (6) ………………in the morning when several people received (7)
……………messages warning them against receiving calls from some listed numbers (8)
……………….It was later established, belonged to a company in Pakistan “I have switched off
my phone because the news are (9)………………,”One person said. However, it was later
discovered that the rumors’ were only a (10) …………….to cause panic.

CLOZE TEST 22
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
I arrived _(1)__________school very late. The hall at law at Surewa school was packed with
students. It was packed to capacity. (2)___________sat in chairs lined upfront. A chair was
_(3)__________ for me among the teachers. Miss Nambuye received me cheerfully. When we

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entered the hall, the crowd’s excitement was palpable. My (4)______________ bounded and I
felt a film of sweat. The Kiswahili teacher mounted the stage where there was a loud
(5)________.
“How are you, students?” she asked.
“We are fine teacher,” they (6)____________
“I am pleased to inform you that our visiting lecturer, Kongowea Mswahili, is here. He’s a
(7)__________ poet and a Kiswahili expert. You will recall that it’s only this year when he won
the Kenya poetry competition. That he has accepted our (8)________ to see him and listen to
him is a great honour. He will address the topic: “Problems Facing the (9)____________
Language”. He is quite young (10) _________ greatly gifted. I don’t want to say much.
Welcome Mr. Kongowea!”

CLOZE TEST 23
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word (10mks)
Since caning was (1) ________________ from our schools, many teachers feel like their hands
are (2) ________________, and they just watch as things grow from bad to worse. Some (3)
_________________ have taken advantage of this situation and they feel they can do anything
and get (4) ______________ with it because there are no consequences for their behavior. It is
very important to (5) _______________ open communication between teachers, students and
school administration. This can help the teachers know and understand what is going on with
their students. There are schools that have (6) __________________ boxes that students use to
write about the cases that need attention. If there is a (7) ______________ relationship between
teachers and students that is (8) _________________ by genuineness, trust, warmth, empathy
and understanding, then the students will be free to speak (9) ____________ their fears, and
concerns some of the incidents that we have witnessed are a way of students citing out for
(10_________________________.

CLOZE TEST 24
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.
High self-esteem is like having money, something we think everyone else but(1)……………….
Yet having low self-esteem is perhaps the most common flaw of (2)………………..
humanity .The majority of people in society think, “The only way to have high self-esteem is to
be(3)……………. with it.” This is not true. You can develop high self-esteem (4)
……………….. like learning to read or to dance. Secondly, people do not (5)
…………………… the importance of having high self-esteem. I cannot even(6)…………… …..
to stress the importance of having high self-esteem, it is the (7)………………..to having mental,
physical and spiritual strength. The (8)…………………….. stage of developing strength is
learning to love yourself and your life. You(9)……………………. to learn to be grateful of what
God has given you. You should let go of all those angry(10)…………………….. inside. Holding
anger inside yourself will not help you. It will only hurt you. The past is the past, you can only
change the present.

CLOZE TEST 25
Read the passage and fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate word.

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Within every vein of your 1 ,there is tremendous potential waiting to be unleashed. You
probably didn’t 2 you have it. You have listened to ‘experts’ who told
3 that you could not do certain things; That you were not good enough ;that you were not
born that way; that you are not talented 4 and so and so. Absolute humbug!
Every human being was created with 5 capabilities. Granted, some more
than 6 . But everyone with a functioning brain can apply himself or herself to any
task and actually accomplish it. It is all a mental game. The human mind 7 tuned
properly, can be trained to do anything. All it takes is the fervent desire to 8 something in
this world. A dream! First set yourself a goal or goals to achieve. 9 ,research what
it takes to achieve that goal. Learn from real experts. Ask questions. Thirdly, 10
focused on that goal.

CLOZE TEST 26
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
Life is all about compromises, right? Well, if you think you can ignore your bad eating habits
just because you exercise regularly, think again. A mistake that many people make is …
1………………………….. if you burn off a ton of calories at the gym you can eat whatever you
want. Or, if …2……………………. “naturally” thin you don’t have to watch what you eat.
Unfortunately, trading an hour in the gym for a greasy double cheeseburger or relying on a good
metabolism to take the place of healthy eating habits completely misses the point of living a …
3…………………………. lifestyle. Eating a healthy diet is far from simple, simply because
humans are very complex …4……………………. . We may have it in the back of our minds
that we are eating to fuel our bodies, but we actually make the majority of our food choices
based …5……………………. their enjoyment factor. In fact, eating is such an enjoyable
experience …6…………………….. we often choose to eat foods that taste very good, but that
don’t make us feel very good afterward. We also enjoy these foods so much that we eat more
than our bodies actually …7…………………………., which in turn makes us fat, unhappy and
depressed. Many people do not even know how great it feels to eat a healthy meal, …
8……………………………..they have been making bad food choices for too long. If this
sounds all too familiar …9…………………………….. you, let’s answer some basic questions
about why it’s so important to …10………………………….. healthy:

CLOZE TEST 27
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
The Magallanic penguin is the (1) …..……..……………warm-weather penguin. It is (2)
……………. after Ferdinand Magellan who spotted the penguin on (3) ………………first trip
round (4) ….…………..………. tip of South America (5) ……………………….. 1519. The
penguins are very social and live in flocks. They (6) ….…………………. for cuttle fish, krill
and squid and can (7) ..……………………………………. quite deep for a (8)
……………………………….. minutes at a time in order to catch their prey. Leopard seals and
large fur seals are (9) …………………. main (10) ………………..

CLOZE TEST 28
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
One of the challenges…………………..(1)the country today is youth unemployment. Related
to this is lack of patriotism and a sense of………………(2). A number of interventions

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have been rolled to tackle………………….(3)challenges that youth issues are
so………………….(4), they deserve a ministry, not just a ………………….(5).
Among the notable programmes by the ministry was the creation……………………(6). Youth
fund, whose objective is to…………………….(7)money to youth people to venture into
business. ………………….…..(8) it is too early to assess its impact, the intention was noble.
Following this,……………………...(9) government now wants to re-introduce a company
paramilitary training programme for school leavers…………………..(10) the National Youth
Service.

CLOZE TEST 29
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
Different types of oral literature can have (1) _______________, if not identical, functions. One
can use stories, riddles and proverbs, among other kinds of oral literature, to express (2)
______________. It is (3) ______________true to say that one type of oral literature may have
many different (4) __________________. For example a work song that (5)
________________people to pull together in their efforts may also be sung as entertainment for
children, or as a political weapon when people are competing in parliamentary elections. It is (6)
________________important that when one is collecting a song, one must also find out for what
purpose it is being sung. (7) ________________the text of the song is important, its context must
(8) __________________be well known. The interest of the song is greatly enhanced and it is
given (9) ___________proper character by the (10) _____________in which it is sung.

CLOZE TEST 30
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
Every year, we look (1)…………..…… to Christmas as a time for festivity and family get
together. The jovial atmosphere that surrounds the season lifts our spirits. Families make last
minute (2)…………..…… to the supermarkets to buy gifts to loved ones (3)…………..
…….., we forget that January is coming with (4)……………..……….challenges. The
sooner you (5)……………….…..… planning, the better. This will help you avoid going (6)
……………………....…….. in your expenditure. Most people take this time to (7)
……………………... their upcoming home, creating transport (8)
……………………….. all over. A reunion of relatives is always the joy of charismas so to
say. To some, it is just the onset of misery. This is because they don’t have anything to (9)
….…………………….. The last week of the year to them is always injury time. Either
they do not have anything to give or they are worried over (10).…………….……. and its
responsibilities.

CLOZE TEST 31
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
I do not support abortion. But there are cases of incest (1) ………. Rape where(2) …..…should
be given a chance to choose whether to live with the child or not. My position is informed (3)
……….. the Christian faith that I profess. The Bible (4) ………states that thou shall not
kill.
Of course there may be a scenario in which a doctor is faced with a (5) ……where a mother’s
life is in danger and the only way to save her life is to abort the (6) …..…………… It is
unfortunate that nobody wants to address that issue directly. (7) …………………my personal

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view is that doctors and experts should have the leeway to make professional judgements.
There are hard (8) ………….…………to be made like in the event of (9)….……… risk of
losing life, does the doctor save the foetus or the mother or let both to die? When does life
begin then? According to churches, life begins at conception. And when does it end? Is it when
one is put on a life support machine or when a doctor (10)………………one dead? There
is need to be pragmatic on this issue of abortion.

CLOZE TEST 32
Fill in each of the blank space in the passage below with the most appropriate word. *
(1) ..............the deliberations began yesterday, it was evident that the climate of suspicion and
(2)................... blood still reigned. The M.P’s and (3) ................ of their political parties must
acknowledge cardinal principal (4) ....................making accusation and issuing threats. They
are deliberating on the (5).................. of Kenya. They were (6) .............. by the people of Kenya
to sit in the August House to (7).......... the people. They must remember that they are not
discussing a constitution for themselves or any other. They are not (8) ............. a constitution
for president Kibaki or Prime Minister Raila Odinga or any other individual (9) .......... may be
having (10)......... for high office.

CLOZE TEST 33
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
This may not be such a drab year after all (1) ……some good may yet be reported in the
education sector following Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) decision to (2)
……….KCSE examination candidates online. Registering all candidates (3)........….is one way
towards making the registration process efficient and accountable. (4) ……….. this does
not mean scrapping the time tested manual method, it is surely a (5) ........…. in the
right direction.Also it is but one of (6) ……...……………reforms being undertaken in education
matters to reduce time school managers, students and parents expend ahead of national
examinations. It would also significantly reduce (7) ……of Academies registering weak
students (8)……..other examination centers and make it easier for candidates to (9)
………. the status of their registration and (10).....……..perennial complaints of non-
registration

CLOZE TEST 34
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the appropriate word.
Garbage, garbage and more garbage; easy to generate but difficult to (1)_______ of. But if we
stopped complaining about its chocking (2)_____ for even one minute, we would realise that
there is (3)______ that we can do about it – perhaps even earn a living (4) _______ it. There are
women groups that have been making and selling high (5)______ manure from domestic
waste such as potato and banana peels. In so doing they create employment for (6)_______ and
those who collect the garbage for them. The manure is said to be so ______ that it causes crops
to yield three times as much as other types of manure ________ fertilizers. This boosts our
agricultural sector (9)________. In a country like Britain, waste paper can now be eaten. It is
softened and sweetened (10) ___a certain technology then fed to cows. Such cows are said to
produce creamier milk.

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Fill each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
The decision (1)……….....information ministers (2)…………...single out the Media (3) ……….
what is clearly an intrusive audit of (4) ………..performance prior to , (5) ……... , and
after the highly problematic December 2007 election should not come as a surprise. (6)
…………..has come as a surprise. (7) …...……...…..the somewhat muted response from
the media fraternity. From a lot that is usually vocal in the (8) ……….. of its rights (9) ............…
both real and imaginary foes, the silence is (10) ………..….frightening than government’s
seemingly single minded determination to gag the media.

CLOZE TEST 36
Read the passage below and fill in each space with an appropriate word
We say that all children are born equal. (1) _____, apparently, not in Kenya where the National
primary school results (2) ____yesterday again display the superior performance of
private schools students compared to their counterparts in the public school system.This is (3)
______worrying trend. We are building an unequal education system where the
wealthy can literally buy success. Those children (4) _______parents have the means
will attend private schools where they stand better prospects of good primary school
results, and thus have a head start in the competition for (5) _______to the best secondary
schools, and intimately the best chance at coveted university places. The children whose
parents are not wealthy will have to (6) _______ with inferior education from the word go.
They will be (7) ______by the education system, and ultimately condemned to lesser
professional and employment prospects. That is not the way to build a society where all have an
equal chance (8) ______making it in life. This problem with the education system has been
evident for some time. It has been studied by academics and by task (9) ____and has been the
subject of numerous reports. It is evident however, that the government has never taken it
seriously enough to take any (10) ____action.

CLOZE TEST 37
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
There are (1)……… people who have never known the real value of ironing clothes before use.
These people find ironing a (2)……. activity in the house and it continues daily without anybody
ever giving it much thought. By wearing clothes (3)……. are well ironed, we look smart. There
is definitely a great (4)…… between clothes that are not ironed and those that are well ironed.
Ironing is one of the most important activities as (5)…… as promotion of personal hygiene is
concerned. When clothes are hung (6)…………… To dry, they are exposed to insects which
could lay eggs or leave poisons that are (7)……….…. To us. Ironing protects us (8)……….
some diseases. (9)………… Clothes are not ironed before wearing, we are likely to (10)……….
From various skin problems such as skin rashes and irritations.

CLOZE TEST 38
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
Although (1) _____President and prime minister effectively (2) _____ a ceasefire (3)
______they (4)______on the telephone (5) _________ Wednesday night and asked their
lieutenants to cease hostility 6relationship may not b e out of the woods (7) _________. The
President (8) ______Prime Minister differed when Raila (9)_______ the suspension of
(10)___William Ruto of Agriculture and Sam Ongeri of Education a week ago.

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 (Adapted from The Standard Newspaper)

CLOZE TEST 39
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word. *
The (1)…………… common way for germs to spread from one person to another or from
animals to people is (2) ……………drinking water. Drinking water from a tap is not possible for
everybody (3) ………………. wells and springs can be kept clean. Wells need a fence around
them to prevent animals from falling (4) ……………. People might not notice that there was a
dead animal in the well. Then it would rot and every one would become (5) …………from the
eater. (6) …………………. can put germs into springs and water-holes with their feet and
tongues if they drink from them. Springs and water-holes need a (7) ………………... around
them too. Best of all, drinking water sources should be covered and water taken (8) ……………
with a pump. People must not use the grass or brushes near a source of drinking water as (9)
…………… The (10) ……………… can easily be washed into the water by the rain.

CLOZE TEST 40
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
Elephants are entirely vegetarian. They may ______up to 300kg a day, which is hundred
______as much as a human being would consume. _____diet is varied since they are both
browsers and grazers. When there are too many elephants in a ____, they eat so much food that
_______there are no more leaves on the trees and bushes. They even resort to eating the bark of
______trees; and this kills the trees completely. Then there ______only the grass to eat,
so the elephants eat that leaving the soil _____. Strong winds and heavy rains quickly wash
____ the good soil. The resulting ______impoverishes the soil so that no more plants will
grow.

CLOZE TEST 41
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
The US vice-president, Joe _____(1) was recently in the country yet for some reasons his visit
____(2) elicited much excitement. No traditional dancers at the airport or the ‘we love you
Biden!’ screams (3) just irritation. It makes one ______(4) why heads of states insist ___ (5)
sending envoys at great _____ (6) to tax payers to deliver messages to foreign leaders. That
probably made lots of sense in the dark day ____(7) communication was the forte of the village
drummer. ______ (8) in this age of _____(9), twitter, face book and the mobile phone, and
emissary who _____ (10) a whole city into a dizzy spin just to deliver ___(11)message sounds
crazy.

CLOZE TEST 42
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
Although (1) _____President and prime minister effectively (2) _____ a ceasefire(3)
______they (4)______on the telephone (5) _________ Wednesday night and asked their
lieutenants to cease hostility 6relationship may not b e out of the woods (7) _________.The
President (8) ______Prime Minister differed when Raila (9)_______ the suspension of
(10)___William Ruto of Agriculture and Sam Ongeri of Education a week ago.

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CLOZE TEST 43
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
The most depressing thing 1……………. an illness is the sense of being left 2……………Or
brushed aside ………………..3 it from the mainstream of living. When a person is
4………….he cannot keep up……………….5 the world of the healthy people. Life begins to
occur without him. Even the language seems to change. What is said to a ………………….6
person does not involve him and therefore he begins to interpret it differently. He
loses…………… 7 with the outer healthy world. His sense of isolation is…………….8 rather
than lessened by the regular ………… 9 of the doctors. The doctors label the sick Person’s
disease and ……………. 10 him to his special place.
CLOZE TEST 44
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
Citizens used to 1______________that political leaders would observe the principle of good
governance simply 2______________ they were expected to 3__________ . It appears most
leaders on the continent have replaced integrity with reckless impunity that has 4___________
Africa in Chaos. 5___________in Office are also supposed to be 6_______________ to
the people that entrusted them with the 7____________ of leading them .
8________________ the political elite in the continent see people as a means to an end. In
many countries these days, Kenya included, politics has become the easiest way to make
money. Electioneering is seen as an 9________________ with extremely lucrative returns
when campaign loyalties are 10_______________with appointments in the government of the
day.

CLOZE TEST 45
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
We need to start reading more. (1)___________________ encourages more creative thinking,
keeps the (2) _______________ fresh and stimulated in ways nothing else can. Reading awakens
a (3)________________ imagination and inhibits the brain (4)________________ rotting, as is
evident with(5) ____________ so-called political elite: If you neglect the pot, (6)___________
boils over and extinguishes the fire. The youth (7)_________________ should ignite a love for
reading(8) ____________ of engaging in the nonsensical issues they are normally caught up in;
old heads on young shoulders they would die. It is said a reader lives a thousand lives
(9)____________ they die, but one(10) ______________ never reads lives only one.

CLOZE TEST 46
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
Some scientists have been (1)……………… that the continuing destruction of our environment (2)
………………….. that at some point, the earth will not be able to (3)………………… even a
quarter of us. This does not come as a (4)………………at all. In the beginning, God created the
earth beautiful and green (5)………………….. with time, our stubbornness, has ruined it all. With
all the (6)……………………… God has given us, we should be able to look (7)
……………………. our environment better. I am sure God feels (8)………….. when He sees this

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destruction. My roommate and (9)……………….. have come up with an ambitious programme
(10)…………………… to as ‘Save the Earth’ to help the government tackle or address the
problem.

CLOZE TEST 47
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
The chorus of praise for the Meteorological Department for (1)………………………..predicting
when the rains would begin is a public vote of confidence in the institution. The weatherman
(2) ……………………… the exact day of the first deluge of the new rainy season and the
duration. (3) ………………………….. it is disappointing that despite the accuracy, the country
has once again been caught napping. This is, (4) …………………………….. partly due to the
skepticism arising from the past predictions. But more worrying is the exposure of the lack of
(5)……………deal with floods. A country whose vast (6) …………. of land have been ravaged
by a lengthy drought is now awash with water does not know how to deal with. It is a sorry state
(7) ………………………… suffering and agony when it rains and also when it shines. The
perennial utter (8) …… of the people, agencies and the national and county leadership is
astounding and costly. Seven people have died in the past two days and there is every indication
(9) …………………there will be more deaths and destruction of (10) …………………

CLOZE TEST 48
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
Tourism is one of the jewels in Kenya’s economic crown, contributing …………………. the
economy as it is one of the top three income generating sectors that contribute immensely to the
GDP. It has ………………..since before independence owing to the unique attractions our
country ……………………visitors. But it is also the most vulnerable to disruption. Just one or
two …………………… advisories can wipe out millions …………….dollars in revenue for
industry players and this just …………………….. of a perception that visitors are not safe.
This is the reality that our election managers, our security forces, our media and all of ………….
should endevour to forestall. We cannot afford to play dice with our economic lifeline. And we
cannot let a basic,regular and too often repeated civic ………………like a general election
deprive us of our livelihoods, if not our lives. Elections ………………and go. They should
afford us an opportunity for renewal and not plunge us into a fear that we spread to visitors from
afar.

CLOZE TEST 49
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
In normal situations, children’s aggressive behavior wear (1)……………………as the ability to
express their desires and (2)………………….develops. Children whose aggression (3)
………….not decline with time lose their temper frequently and are (4)……………………..
Extremely irritated and frustrated over minor issues. They are also disruptive and antagonize (5)
……….. by hitting, pushing, yelling and name ………………. threatening and teasing. They
habitually (7) …………………. physical or psychological (8) ………………….. on others. As a
result, they have trouble with their peers and often face rejection. Studies have established that
boys are three times more (9) …………….. than girls to be aggressive owing to the

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concentration in of the male hormones, androgen and testosterone. And children who are (10)
……………. To aggression are more likely to act aggressively than those who are not.

CLOZE TEST 50
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
A new research title “Underage drinking in Kenya”, has …………………1…that nearly one
third of form four students aged below 18 years take alcohol …………………2……. As our
society ponders this sad ………………3………., the urgent message to children who are taking
alcohol ………………4……………. do not drink another sip. Advice to those children is to
strongly say “no”. ………5…………………irresponsible behaviour, to alcoholism, there are
many………………6………………effects of alcohol. It is wrong and illegal for children to
drinkalcohol.
This report also states that 46 percent of the children received …………7…………….first pint
from friends and ………8…………………. Do you offer alcohol to a child? As a parent or
guardian, do you nurture ……9…………….? How much time do you spend with them?Notably,
………10……………of guidance and supervision are stimuli to underage drinking.

CLOZE TEST 51
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
Yesterday morning I had an unusual ___________ on my way_______ school. I heard
someone__________and saw a friend on the__________side of the road. I knew he
was___________to school, too, so I decided to__________the road. I had only just
stepped_______the pavement when I was nearly_______down by a ___________which came
racing round the corner. I jumped out of the way and then started to scream, when four men ran
round the corner vainly shouting___________at the driver.

CLOZE TEST 52
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate answer
The European Union 1......................retaliate again if united states of America President Donald
Trump imposes more tariffs on EU goods to remedy what he calls "unfair"
trade ,relations ,French Prime minister Bruno Le Marie said yesterday .The EU on Friday
imposed a range of tariffs on 2.....................Worth 2.8 billion Euros(3.3 billion dollars) in a tit -
for -tat response to Mr. Trump's decision to apply stiff tariffs on European steel and aluminum
exports .In response Mr. Trump threatened 3................................twitter to slap a 20 percent tariff
on European car imports ,heightening worries of trade war which could be 4.......................
growth on both of Atlantic ."If the US hits us again with a 20 percent on automobiles, we will
respond again, "Mr. Le Marie told journalists in Paris." We don't want this to 5........................,
but we are the ones being attacked "the minister said.
The EU tariff applied to items 6........................from blue jeans to, bourbon; appear designed in
part to hit industries which are predominantly active in states dominated by Mr. Trump's
7 .....................Party. Mr. Le Marie also said the 8................dispute underscored the importance
of deeper integration in Euro zone, which would foster stronger companies that could
better.9........................ on global stage. Yet Euro zone members remain sharply divided on the

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French -German agreement announced this month including proposal such as common budget
and move to 10......................cooperate taxes.

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 Possible Responses
CLOZE TEST 1 CLOZE TEST 5
1. that 1. out
2. attentive 2. own
3. they 3. vacation
4. understand/ perceive /comprehend 4. however
5. speak / contribute 5. from
6. objective / partial 6. attain
7. up 7. often
8. fixed /tuned / set 8. with
9. opinion / idea /contribution 9. from
10. spoil / derail 10. achieved

CLOZE TEST 2 CLOZE TEST 6

1. Abuzz/alive 1. Advances
2. Displaying 2. Ever
3. Than 3. Eluded
4. Organized 4. Up
5. Its 5. Rise/increase
6. Into 6. Widespread/rampant
7. Like 7. Threat
8. Operators 8. Object
9. Biggest/largest 9. Ignored
10. Radically 10. Develop

CLOZE TEST 3 CLOZE TEST 7

1. has 1. greatest/main/major
2 .with 2. inability
3. Includes 3. put
4. Personnel 4. well
5. to 5. It
6. Unfortunately 6. at
7. among 7. life
8.corruption 8. foddlers/babies/children
9.high 9. and
10.and 10. made

CLOZE TEST 4 CLOZE TEST 8

1. have. 1. choice
2. Steps/measures. 2. water
3. Frequent. 3. secondary
4. Siege/attack. 4. enough
5. for. 5. good
6. reputation. 6. where
7. travel. 7. raw
8. cut. 8. to
9. and. 9. watering
10. ignoring/dismissing. 10. comes

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CLOZE TEST 9 CLOZE TEST 13
1. survived 1. compulsory
2. were 2. get
3.would 3. how
4.out 4. text
5. instincts 5. write
6. at 6. student
7. feighned 7. analyse
8. realizing 8. down
9. where 9. spelling
10. over 10. foundation

CLOZE TEST 10 CLOZE TEST 14

1.service 1. shown
2 of 2. regularly
3 transfer 3. revelation
4. reduce 4. is
5. In 5. from
6. firm’s /company’s 6. negative
7. identified /contracted. 7. their
8 new 8. relative
9. subscribers 9. them
10. according 10. lack

CLOZE TEST 11 CLOZE TEST 15

1. really 1. gradual
2. chiefs 2. atmosphere
3. course 3. on
4. considering 4. But
5. implications 5. effects
6. idea/suggestion 6. climatic
7. absorb 7. volumes
8. administration 8. primary
9. improve 9. Scientists
10. crop 10. Changes

CLOZE TEST 12 CLOZE TEST 16

1. between 1. from
2. is 2. different
3. The 3. and
4. Assembly 4. behind
5. may 5. face
6. involvement/inclusion 6. himself / herself / themselves
7. a 7. person
8. documents 8.late
9. in 9. workaholic
10. find 10. far

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CLOZE TEST 17 CLOZE TEST 21
1. are 1. high
2. insists 2. some
3. obeyed 3. to
4. have 4. allegedly
5. were 5. even
6. is
6. spreading
7. follows
7. text
8. dictate
8. which
9. established
9. shocking
10. performs
10.hoax
CLOZE TEST 18
CLOZE TEST 22
1. frightens
1. at
2. faced
2. Teachers
3. in
3. reserved
4. however
4. heart
5. of
5. speaker
6. The
6. answered/responded
7. approach
7. famous/renowned
8. assignment
8. invitation
9. exactly
9. Kiswahili
10. outline
10. but
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CLOZE TEST 23
1. in
1. banned
2. fluently
2. tried
3. spoken
3.. worse
4. rules
4. away
5. English
5. have
6. lend
6. suggestion
7. communication
7.. good
8. important
8.. guided
9. setting
9. about
10. which
10. attention
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CLOZE TEST 24
1: in
1. you
2: forward
2. all
3: The
3. born
4: per/every
4. just
5: into
5. realize
6: institution
6. start
7: standards
7. equivalent
8: drinking
8. first
9: more
9. have
10: before
10. feeling

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CLOZE TEST 25 CLOZE TEST 29
1. body 1- similar
2. know 2- oneself
3. you 3- Equally
4. like 4- functions
5. certain 5- helps
6. others 6- Therefore
7. if 7- Although
8. achieve 8- Also
9. Next 9- Its
10. stay 10- Manner

CLOZE TEST 26 CLOZE TEST 30

1. that 1. forward
2. you’re 2. rush
3. healthy 3. However
4. beings 4. its
5. on 5. begin/start
6. that 6. overboard
7. need 7. visit
8. because 8. hitches
9. to 9. celebrate
10. eat 10. January

CLOZE TEST 27 CLOZE TEST 31

1. Success 1) And
2. Ready/prepared 2) Victims
3. Enough/adequate 3) By
4. Feel 4) Clearly
5. Work 5) Situation
6. rob 6) Foetus
7. no 7) But
8. good/sound 8) Decisions
9. going 9) A
10. worried 10) Declares

CLOZE TEST 28 CLOZE TEST 32

1. facing 1. As
2. direction 2. Bad
3. these 3. Leaders
4. important/ vital/ crucial 4. Before
5. department 5. Constitution
6. of 6. Mandated
7. provide 7. serve
8. although 8. discussing
9. the 9. who
10. under 10. ambition

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CLOZE TEST 33 CLOZE TEST 37
1. since 1. Many
2. register 2. Routine
3. electronically 3. That
4. Although/However 4. Difference
5. step/move 5. Far
6. the 6. Out
7. cases 7. Harmful
8. in 8. Against
9. verify/confirm 9. If (capital I )
10. x. eliminate 10. Suffer

CLOZE TEST 34 CLOZE TEST 38

1. Dispose 1. the
2. smell/stench 2. declared
3. more/much/a lot 3. 3-when
4. from 4. spoke
5. grade/ class/ quality 5. on
6. themselves 6. their
7. enriched 7. yet
8. and / or 8. and
9. greatly/ immensely 9. announced
10. by 10. ministers

CLOZE TEST 35 CLOZE TEST 39

1. by 1. most
2. To 2. through
3. For 3. But
4. Its 4. in
5. During 5. v)Sick
6. What 6. Animals
7. Is 7. Fence/wall
8. Protection 8. Out
9. From 9. latrines/toilets
10. More 10. Germs

CLOZE TEST 36 CLOZE TEST 40

1. But 1. eat
2. Released 2. times
3. …………. 3. their
4. Whose 4. park
5. Admission 5. sometimes
6. Contend 6. the
7. Disadvantaged 7. is
8. At 8. bare
9. Forces 9. away
10. Remedial 10. erosion

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CLOZE TEST 41 1. Reading
1. Biden 2. mind
2. Hasn’t 3. dormant
3. Wonder 4. from
4. On
5. our
5. Cost
6. When
6. it
7. But 7. particularly
8. Email 8. instead
9. Sends 9. before
10. a 10. who

CLOZE TEST 42 CLOZE TEST 46

1. the
1. Arguing
2. declared
3. 3-when 2. Means
4. spoke 3. Accommodate
5. on 4. Surprise
6. their 5. But
7. yet 6. Knowledge
8. and 7. After
9. announced 8. Disappointed
10. ministers 9. I
10. Referred

CLOZE TEST 47
CLOZE TEST 43
1. accurately
1. About
2. gave
2. Out
3. However
3. By
4. perhaps
4. Ill
5. capacity
5. With
6. swathes/tracts
6. Sick
7. of
7. Touch
8. helplessness
8. Increased
9. that
9. Visit
10. property
10. confines
CLOZE TEST 48
CLOZE TEST 44
1. to
1. Think 2. one
2. because 3. been
3. Work. 4. offers
4. Plunged 5. travel
5. those 6. of
6. loyal. 7. because
7. responsibility 8. us
8. However 9. exercise
9. Opportunity 10. come
10. rewarded
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CLOZE TEST 49
1. Off CLOZE TEST 51
2. Feeling 1. experience
3. Does 2. at
4. Usually 3. cough
5. Others 4. other
6. Calling 5. going
7. Inflict 6. cross
8. Pain 7. onto
9. Likely 8. knocked
10. Exposed 9. vehicle/lorry/truck/bus/car
10. angrily
CLOSE TEST 50
1. Shown CLOZE TEST 52
2. regularly 1. Will
3. Revelation 2. Goods
4. Is 3. On
5. From 4. Dent
6. Negative 5. Escalate
7. their 6. Ranging
8. relative 7. Republic (must be capital)
9. them 8. Trade
10. lack 9. Complete
10. Harmonize

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