CloSe Test with Clues

CloSe Test with Clues

prepare	natural	sphere	hand	use	generously
purpose	resources	fertile	land	rocky	locality

Nature has given her (a) ____ to us more (b) ____ than many other countries of the world. Think about our (c) ____. It is soft and (d) ____. Our farmers who have simple (e) ____ made tools can easily dig, plough and (f) ____ the soil with them. Whereas lands of most other countries which are hard and (g) ____ cannot be easily dug, ploughed and prepared. We have a great. (h) ____ advantages too. We can (i) ____ most of our lands for the (j) ____ of agriculture and industry.

Answer

(a) resources    (b) generously    (c) land    (d) fertile    (e) hand 

(f) prepare    (g) rocky    (h) natural    (i) used    (j) purpose.

loses	continuous	real	competition	matched	progress
loss	enjoyment	win	matching	result	unless

Without efforts there can be no (a) ____ in life. (b) ____ its interest if there is no struggle. Games become dull, if there is no (c) ____ in them and if the (d) ____ can be easily foreseen. No matter we (e) ____ the game or lose it. The keener the contest, the greater the (f) ____. A victory is not a (g) ____ triumph unless (h) ____ the sides are equally (i) ___. Whether we like it or not, life is one (j) ____ competitive examination.

Answer

(a) progress     (b) loses     (c) competitive      (d) result     (e) win

(f) enjoyment    (g) real     (h) both      (i) matched      (j) continuous

educate	waste	least	need	made	illiterate
passed	remove	education	necessary	literate	compulsory

We must not (a) ____ our energy and money and more. We (b) ____ to take steps to (c) ____ our people. Emphasis should be given on primary (d) ____. There should be at (e) ____ one primary school in each and every village. We are happy that our govt. has (f) ____ primary education (g) ____. A law has been (h) ____ in the assembly. To (i) ____ illiteracy from the country, some more steps may be taken. The (j) ____ adults need to be educated.

Answer

(a) waste    (b) need       (c) educate       (d) education     (e) least

(f) made     (g) compulsory    (h) passed     (i) remove     (j) illiterate

light	participation	prosper	basic	development	population
darkness	educate	deprive	discrimination	bring	removes

No nation can (a) _____ without education. Education (b) ____ our ignorance and gives us (c) ____ of knowledge. In respect of imparting education there should be no (d) ____ between man and woman. Education is one of the (e) ____ human rights. If we (f) ____ women of the right of education, almost half of our (g) ____ will remain (h) ____. No (i) ____ can be possible without the (j) ____ of women.

Answer

(a) prosper     (b) removes      (c) light       (d) discrimination     (e) basic

(f) deprive     (g) population    (h) darkness    (i) development    (j) participation

little	prevent	remote	causes	irrigate	behind
easy	recent	river	great	verify	close

Crops need water. Farmers must (a) ____ their fields if there is very (b) ____ rain at any time. But irrigation is not (c) ____ if there is no river (d) ____ to the crops. Canals can carry (e) ____ water to the field. Sometimes much water (f) ____ flood. A dam may (g) ____ difficulties of irrigation. A (h) _____ lake can be built (i) ____ the dam. Dams are not (j) ____ invention.

Answer

(a) irrigate      (b) little    (c) easy     (d) close      (e) river

(f) causes     (g) prevent    (h) great     (i) behind   (j) recent

light	removes	basic	prosper	run	darkness
bring	participation	remain	educate	deprive	discrimination

Education is the backbone of a nation. No nation can (a) ____ without education. Education (b) ____ our ignorance and gives us (c) ____ of knowledge. In respect of imparting education there should be no (d) ____ between men and women. Education is one of the (e) ____ human rights. If we (f) ____ women of the right of education, almost half of the population will (g) ____ in (h) ____. No development can be brought about in our society without the (i) ____ of women. The government of Bangladesh is doing everything to (j) ____ women folk.

Answer

(a) prosper     (b) removes     (c) light      (d) discrimination     (e) basic

(f) deprive     (g) remain    (h) darkness    (i) participation    (j) educate

visited	purse	premises	had	frequently	has
collected	exhibitions	tempted	making	crowed	displayed

Of all the (a) ____, the book fairs are of recent origin. They are (b) ____ held in towns and cities now. Last year I (c) ____ Ekusher Boi Mela in Bangla Academy (d) ____. There were a number of stalls and thousands of books were (e) ____. It was a great opportunity of (f) ____ a varied choice of books. So many book lovers (g) ____ there. I was (h) ____ to buy a lot of books but my (i) ____ did not permit me. As a result, I bought a few books and (j) ____ a lot of catalogues.

Answer

(a) exhibitions    (b) frequently    (c) visited    (d) premises    (e) displayed

(f) making    (g) crowed    (h) tempted    (i) purse     (j) collected

possible	time	difficult	spheres	poor	travel
civilization	ancient	age	greater	all	constant

We live in an (a) ____ of science. We can see the influence of science in all (b) ____ of life. Science is a (c) ____ companion of our daily life. We have made the impossible things (d) ____ by means of science. The modern (e) ____ is a contribution of science. At present we can easily (f) ____ from one place to another. But in (g) ____ time journey was (h) ____. Man had to spend a lot of (i) ____ and money for traveling. But we should remember that science has to be exploited for the (j) ____ welfare of mankind.

Answer

(a) age     (b) spheres     (c) constant      (d) possible     (e) civilization 

(f) travel    (g) ancient    (h) difficult     (i) time       (j) greater

safely	narrow	menace	invention	life	controlled
daily	lie	violate	happen	increasing	lives

Road accidents are (a) ____ occurrences in modern city life. Every year thousands of people lose their (b) ____ and many more are injured. Before the (c) ____ of automobiles, people moved from one place to another slowly but (d) ____. The real causes of road accidents (e) ____ with the people not with the transports. In some cities the roads are (f) ____. These car hardly cope with the (g) ____ number of traffic. Besides, the traffic is not (h) ____ properly. The drivers often (i) ____ traffic rules. As road accidents become a great (j) ____, immediate steps should be taken to stop the danger.

Answer

(a) daily     (b) lives     (c) invention    (d) safely     (e) lie

(f) narrow    (g) increasing     (h) controlled     (i) violate     (j) menace

expected	tries	famous	cruel	study	glorious
institution	public	successful	hard	students	result

Every student expects a (a) ____ result in the examination and for this he (b) ____ heart and soul. There are many ways to have glorious (c) ____. Admission in the famous (d) ____ is one of them. So most of the (e) ____ dream for getting admission in a (f) ____ institution. Most of the students start to study (g) ____ after their final examination to get admission into their (h) ____ institutions. Some become (i) ____ and some become failure in their mission. The students who don’t (j) ____ hard cannot succeed in this context.

Answer

(a) glorious   (b) tries     (c) result    (d) institution     (e) students

(f) famous     (g) hard    (h) expected    (i) successful    (j) study

ever	time	tomorrow	suffer	who	lost
take	enough	call	properly	shine	good

Time and tide wait for none. No one can (a) ____ it back. A man gets back his (b) ____ money and health but cannot get back his lost time. Time once lost is lost for (c) ____. So we should make the (d) ____ use of time. We should do our duties (e) ____. If we put off our work for (f) ____. We may not get an opportunity to do it at all. There are some people (g) ____ idle away time for nothing. They cannot prosper in life. They have to (h) ____ for it. So we should (i) ____ an oath that we must do our duty properly and in (j) ____.

Answer

(a) call      (b) lost      (c) ever     (d) best      (f) properly

(f) tomorrow    (g) who    (h) suffer     (i) take   (j) time

through	work	long	blue	ready	inferior
rational	sacrifice	high	aware	above	same

Mans dignity depends upon his works. Man is a (a) ____ being on the earth. He is to (b) ____ for others. He should not be proud if he is of (c) ____ blood. He should be (d) ____ to help any class of man. The man whom he is helping may be (e) ____ to him by birth. But after all, he is a man. He has the (f) ____ blood and flesh as the (g) ____ mentioned man. So, he should (h) ____ his own life for other’s welfare. We cannot live (i) ____ on the earth. We must die once. But we can live (j) ____ our works.

Answer

(a) rational      (b) work     (c) blue    (d) ready    (e) inferior

(f) same     (g) above    (h) sacrifice    (i) long     (j) through

through	work	long	blue	ready	inferior
dignity	sacrifice	high	aware	above	same

Man’s (a) ____ depends on his work. Man is rational being. He is to (b) ____ for others. He should not be proud of his (c) ____ blood. He should be (d) ____ to help anyone of any class. The man whom he is helping may be (e) ____ to him by birth. But after all he is a man. He has the (f) ____ blood and flesh as the (g) ____ kind of man. So he should (h) ____ his own life for other’s welfare. We cannot live (i) ____ on earth. We must die one day. We can live (j) ____ our work.

Answer

(a) dignity    (b) work     (c) blue     (d) ready    (e) inferior

(f) same    (g) above     (h) sacrifice    (i) long     (j) through

help	illiterate	assist	efforts	removing	aware
illiteracy	enlarge	exist	thought	literacy	increase

Inability to read and write is (a) ____. It hinders all development (b) ____ of the government. The literacy rate of Bangladesh is still low. We have to (c) ____ this rate for entire development of the country. A country’s development cannot be (d) ____ of keeping the large number of people (e) ____. Government alone cannot meet this challenge, without the (f) ____ of the literate community. It is the social responsibility of the literate people to (g) ____ the government for the eradication of illiteracy. We must realize that we cannot (h) ____ as a nation without (i) ____ illiteracy from the society. So we should be (j) ____ of this great problem.

Answer

(a) illiteracy     (b) efforts    (c) increase     (d) thought    (e) illiterate

(f) help      (g) assist     (h) exist     (i) removing      (j) aware

almost	useful	era	without	helps	knowledge
nations	mutual	necessary	essential	importance	becomes

English is an International Language. As a result the (a) ____ of English has increased. Different countries have to keep (b) ____ communication among them. The (c) ____ of learning English is very great. Because it (d) ____ us to develop a good relationship with other (e) ____. In this modern (f) ____ of communication it is not possible to advance (g) ____ it. English (h) ____ the language of the whole world. (i) ____ all books in science and technology have been written or translated into English. One cannot think of higher studies without the (j) ____ of English.

Answer

(a) importance    (b) mutual     (c) necessity     (d) helps    (e) nations

(f) era    (g) without     (h) has become    (i) Almost   (j) knowledge

result	necessity	know	control	polluted	conscious
purpose	sound	balance	know	wise	interest

Ashraf, who is a student of class ten, has taken a (a) ____ step. He is very much (b) ____ to visit villages along with his friends. He came to know that the villagers are not (c) ____ of environment problems. They do not (d) ____ how to keep up the (e) ___ of the environment. The villagers have no (f) ____ over the population growth also. As a (g) ____ our environment is being (h) ____ day by day. He wants to make people know about the (i) ____ of clean environment. Really his ____ is great.

Answer

(a) wise    (b) interested     (c) conscious     (d) know    (e) balance

(f) control     (g) result     (h) polluted     (i) necessity     (j) purpose

heat waves	disaster	another	work	problems	polluted
worse	form	wastes	climate	cleared	noise

One of the serious (a) ____ in today’s world is pollution. The air of the cities is (b) ____ by fume and smoke from vehicles, mills and factories. The water of the seas and lakes is poisoned by industrial (c) ____ chemicals and others dangerous substance. Forests on very wide areas everywhere in the world are being (d) ____ and burnt. All these have disastrous effect on agriculture, on food supplies and most important of all on, (e) ____. Climate has been affected so much that there are often strong (f) ____ in many countries of Europe and in the U.S.A. Many scientists warn that the effect of the pollution will bring a (g) ____ for mankind if future. Noise is another (h) ____ of pollution which many people are not taking seriously. We have (i) ____ coming from all around us. It is also equally harmful  because it affects our hearing, our nerves, our ability to (j) ____ efficiently and our general health.

Answer

(a) problems    (b) polluted     (c) wastes     (d) cleared     (e) climate

(f) heat waves    (g) disaster    (h) form    (i) noise     (j) work

thinking	now	instead	again	stood	different
following	on	along	into	up	running

The Pied Piper stepped onto the street and began to play his pipe (a) ____. This time the music was (b) ____. At the sound of the music all the children of Hamelin came (c) ____. The Mayor, the councilors and all the parents (d) ____ dump. The piper walked (e) ____ the streets and the children followed him. They were laughing and dancing. But (f) ____ the piper did not go towards the river. He walked towards the hill called Koppelburg (g) ____. The parents felt relieved, (h) ____ that the piper would never be able to cross the hill. But as soon as the piper reached the hill it opened (i) ____ and he walked into it with the children (j) ____ him. Then the hill closed and they were never seen again.

Answer

(a) again    (b) different     (c) running   (d) stood    (e) along

(f) now    (g) instead    (h) thinking     (i) up     (j) following

towards	created	unbearable	tropics	dark	condition
cyclone	speed	thunders	occur	flashes	originates

A cyclone may (a) ____ anytime and at any place. The violent types of (b) ____ usually hit the (c) ____. The cyclone of Bangladesh generally (d) ____ from the Bay of Bengal and blows (e) ____ the land. It is often accompanied by (f) ____ and heavy showers. Before a cyclone commences (g) _____ heat is felt for a few days. Then suddenly one day the sky becomes terribly (h) _____ with clouds and strong winds begin to blow with (i) ____ of lighting and the rumbling of thunders. Thus a terrible situation is (j) ____.

Answer

(a) occur    (b) cyclone    (c) tropics     (d) originates     (e) towards

(f) thunders    (g) unbearable    (h) dark     (i) flashes    (j) created

hold	visit	recent	collecting	crowd	old
enlarge	permit	ancient	has	spread	display

Amongst all the exhibitions, the book fairs are of (a) ____ origin. They are frequently (b) ____ in towns and cities now. Last year I (c) ____ Ekushe Boi Mela in Bangla Academy premises. There were a number of stalls and thousands of books were (d) ____. It was a great opportunity of (e) ____ a varied choice of books. In the fair, book-loves (f) ____ there. I was tempted to buy a lot of books but my purse didn’t (g) ____ me. As a result, I bought a few books and (h) ____ a lot of catalogues. However a book fair (i) ____ the message that books are our best friends. Books (j) ____ our vision and make our life meaningful.

stretch	biting	country	extent	scarcity	migrate
swampy	enhance	actually	ecological		wondering

In winter we see innumerable birds come to our (a) ____. These birds are called “Guest birds”. (b) ____ these birds came to our country in winter from Siberia. When the (c) ____ cold in Siberia reaches beyond the limit, the guest birds (d) ____ to our land. They come not only because of biting (e) ____ but also for want of food. The most (f) ____ fact about these birds is that they fly thousands of miles at a (g) ____. They (h) ___ our natural beauty and help to maintain (i) ____ balance by eating up worms and insects. But nowadays the migratory birds don’t come to our country because of the (j) ____ of water land and cruelty of hunters.

Answer

(a) country     (b) Actually     (c) biting     (d) migrate     (e) cold

(f) wondering    (g) stretch    (h) enhance    (i) ecological    (j) scarcity

service	remove	separate	society	education	human
					live

Student should not (a) ____ themselves from (b) ____. The can (c) ____ the society in many ways. Their (d) ____ is of great importance to society. During vacation they should go to their native village. They can (e) ____ the illiterate villagers. During a flood they are (h) ____ beings. So they are not (i) ____ from society. They can play an important role by (j) ____ the illiteracy from the country.

Answer

(a) separate     (b) society     (c) serve     (d) service     (e) educate

(f) remove     (g) society     (h) human    (i) separated    (j) removing