CLOZE TEST 19 Yesterday there was a serious accident on the Mall Road. A drunken driver was driving a motor car at forty miles an hour. As the car swept round a –1– corner, it ran –2– a tonga occupied by a woman with an infant in her arms, the

CLOZE TEST 18 In most of the world’s major religions today only one god is worshipped. But in many ancient religions followers worshipped a –1– of gods. God had special –2– and responsibilities, and some could appear in a variety of forms. The myths and –3– of ancient cultures and

CLOZE TEST 17 The last decade has been –1– for management educational development. When the economies of most western countries were –2– in the early 1980’s there were –3– cuts both in corporate training and in higher education. During the boom years of the mid 1980’s there were some –4–

CLOZE TEST 16 More importantly, the second voice is one of lamentation as –1– students, wilting under stress and pressure, burn out and even commit suicide in this season, simply because they could not fulfil their parents’ expectations. The loss of these young, and often bright, people must make us

CLOZE TEST 15 There is –1– that is surprising about India’s recent refusal to allow Google to launch its Street View Service, which gives users a 360-degree view of public spaces. As this newspaper has –2–, the proposal was rejected –3– objections raised by the Defence Ministry. The decision is

CLOZE TEST 14 The World Health Organisation has confirmed that the Olympic Games –1– to be held in August –2– Rio de Janeiro will go ahead, the Zika virus –3–. An Emergency Committee meeting –4– by the WHO Director-General said there is ‘very low risk’ of the virus spreading globally

CLOZE TEST 13 The Congress –1–issued on the eve of the –2-– elections contains an open endorsement of the Dunkel Draft. Stress has been –3– allaying two specific apprehensions. The Dunkel Draft, the manifesto says, poses no –4– to food subsidies and the subsidy-based public –5– system. The GATT treaty, it is explained, would allow –6– to the extent

CLOZE TEST 12 More than 7,000 people died within a matter of days when toxic gas leaked –1– a chemical plant in Bhopal, India. The leak began late at night and –2– for several hours unnoticed. Since then, –3– to the toxins created by the leak has resulted in innumerable

CLOZE TEST 11 One of the major causes of the failure of –1– countries on economic front is their –2– to evolve a judicious mixture of –3– substitution and export promotion. Zambia which –4– on imports after its independence twenty years –5– has depleted 50% of its national –6–, whereas

CLOZE TEST 10 Whenever I –1– the moon, my heart –2– with pleasure. I wish I had –3– to fly up to the moon. I know if I could –4– to become an –5–, I would be able to go to the moon. Special equipment and a –6– training are