6. Cloze test without clues
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Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. If we look around, we will discover beauty in (a) —- objects and sight in nature, in the (b) —— of children, in kindness of strangers. But asked to define, we run into (c) —-. Does beauty have an independent identity? Is it (d) —-- or relative? Is it dependent on our sense (e)—- -? Does it lie in the (f) —-- of the beholder? Thus there will arise a number of (g) —-- in our mind. However, poets, artists, philosophers and thinkers (h) —— always in search of beauty in their works and arts. But most of them have the common and undisputed opinion that where there is beauty, there is (i) ——- that is a thing of beauty is a joy (j) —-.
(a) pleasurable; (b) laughter; (c) difficulties; (d) universal; (e) perceptions; (f) eye; (g) questions; (h) are; (i) joy; (j) for ever
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The process of globalization obviously requires a common language for international communication. For many different reasons, English has (a)————- the (b)————— of being that language. As a result, it has (c) ————— national borders to reach people who speak other languages. It is no longer the (d)——— possession of British or American or other native speakers, but a language that (e)————- to the world's people. In fact, bilingual and multilingual users of English far (f)———- its monolingual native speakers. This phenomenon has led to a (g)———— variety of English around the world. As more and more people speak English, more and more varieties have (h)————— which are strongly influenced by the pronunciation, grammar and idioms of the (i)—————mother tongues. World English has now (j) ————- away from the control of its native speakers.
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Gender (a)——— is a deeply rooted social and cultural problem of our country. From the very (b) ———-- of a girl child the dispartiy begins. Day by day she grows up and faces the (c) ————— attitude of the (d) ———-- members to her. She begins to understand that she is deprived of the basic (e) ———— necessary to build up her career. But she does not get (f) ———— way to overcome the burdens of the (g) —————-of social oppression. In this way, she ends up her life keeping her dreams in her (h) ————-
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Many events of great importance (a) —-— during the last century. Significant advances (b) —— in the field ot science and technology. Many European colonies gained independence. The movement (c) —-- democracy became (d) - in many parts of the world. Two world wars (e) —— in the century. It (f) —— witnessed the misuse of atomic energy. Two cities of Japan were completely destroyed as a result of dropping of atom bombs. The Vietnam War and the Gulf War killed many innocent people. However the (g) —— of Bangladesh as an independent nation (h) —— a momentous event. After a (i) —— war of nine months, Bangladesh was born. Now we (j) —-- our heads high as an independent country in the world.
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Sports are a popular form of entertainment. Many international sporting events are (a)——from time to time. Most of these events are (b)——by multinational manufacturing (c)——-and business firms. They pay for the sports events in (d)——-for the right to (e)——their products during those events. These events are (f)——worldwide by satellite and people all over the world watch them (g)——As a (h) ——-the sponsors' products receive maximum media (i) Thus sports help the (j)———of trade and commerce.