Cloze Test Test - 1

 Directions (1-10) : In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

We all have read the story of two friends and bear. Once two friends 
werepassing through a ( 1 ) forest. All of sudden, a bear came out of its cave. It began to ( 2 ). Both felt terrifed. The fair-weather friend ran ( 3 ) and climbed up a tall tree. The other laid himself on the ground and ( 4 ) to be dead. The bear came and ( 5 ) him. He ( 6 ) him for dead and went away. Now the fair-weather friend climbed down the tree and said to his friend, "What did the bear ( 7 )

into your ears?" He answered that the bear had advised him to ( 8 ) of fair-weather friend . They were more dangerous than snakes. A true friend, on the other hand, is the medicine of life. He stands by us in ( 9 ) and woe, thick and thin. A true friend ( 10 ) his own pleasure and convenience for the sake of his friend.

1. A)Volatile  B) Precarious  C) Dense    D) Ferocious 

2. A) Shout    B) Roar           C) Bleat      D) Grunt

3. A) Hard      B) For             C) Nimble   D) Quick

4. A) Positioned  B) Pretended  C) Alarmed  D) Frightened

5. A) Sniffed   B) Tasted        C) Touched   D) Reached

6. A) Found    B) Took           C) Felt           D) Considered

7. A) Sound    B) Pour            C) Put            D) Whisper

8. A) Beware  B) Afraid         C) Proud       D) Tried

9. A) Nights   B) Weal            C) Scarcity    D) Days

10. A) Directs  B) Mitigates   C) Foregoes   D) Abandons