Cloze test based on The Hindu Article test 8 test 9
Test 8
For an economy that relies on public __(a)__ and private consumption to __(b)__ private
investment and growth, the last round of official statistics on prices and industrial activity
signal testing times ahead. First, industrial output __(c)__ by 0.4% in December 2016, led
by a 2% decline in manufacturing (just five of 22 industries registered positive growth)
and a 6.8% decline in consumer goods. Now, wholesale prices have risen at the fastest
pace in two and a half years this January, at 5.25%. This is particularly __(4)__ since the
pace of price rise at the consumer level slowed to 3.2% in the __(5)__ month.
1. (a) conscience (b) demand (c) investment (d) relations
2. (a) do (b) clean (c) stay (d) revive
3. (a) fall (b) plummeted (c) felt (d) grown
4. (a) large (b) noteworthy (c) available (d) claimed
5. (a) exact (b) coming (c) same (d) new
Test 9
The extraordinary sight of a lake in Bengaluru on fire, with a massive __(1)__ of smoke
that could be seen from afar, is a __(2)__ sign that urban environments are crashing
__(3)__ the weight of official __(4)__. If wetlands are the kidneys of the cities, as scientists
like to describe them, Karnataka’s capital city has entered a phase of __(5)__ failure.
1. (a) chain (b) plume (c) exhume d) balloon
2. (a) warning (b) wearing (c) warned (d) bad
3. (a) to (b) under (c) before (d) for
4. (a) concern (b) letter (c) information (d) indifference
5. (a) such (b) big (c) likely (d) chronic
