cloze test-1

EVERY SUNDAY MORNING MILLIONS OF Indians …1…. With a cup of tea and the special weekend …2…. Of their newspapers, just as Americans do. But here, with the marriage season approaching, many of them turn quickly to a Sunday feature that is …3…. Indian-the columns of marriage advertisements in which young people look …4…. Husbands and wives. This is a/an ….5…. modern change in the old custom of the arranged marriage. Thousands of advertisements …6…. Each week increasingly reflect the social changes that are coming to this …7… society. For example, although women are still usually described in terms of ….8…. or skilled in “the wifely arts”, information ….9…. their earning power is entering more and more into the advertisements. This reflects the arrival of the working wife in India. Divorce, which used to be almost unheard of in India, is now sometimes ….10…. in the advertisements as in the case of a woman …11… advertisement in the New Delhi newspaper …12… that she …13… “the innocent party” when her marriage broke up. Because the custom of the dowry (marriage payment) is now …14…, some advertisements say “no dowry”, or “simple marriage”, which means the same thing. However, the fathers of many bridegrooms still …15… it.

1)

1) a)rest upon b)sit by c)run out d)settle down

2) a)packages b)resources c)substances d)issues

3) a)particularly b)sadly c)rapidly d)artificially

4) a)after b)forward c)for d)up

5) a)relatively b)equally c)financially d)facially

6) a)which published b)published c)that published d)were published

7) a)traditional b)addictive c)impatient d)contemporary

8) a)embarrassment b)appearance c)salary d)wage

9) a)on b)upon c)above d)over

10) a)protected b)mentioned c)avoided d)forbidden

11) a)whose b)who c)whom d)that

12) a)connected b)explained c)computed d)exploded

13) a)would have been b)has been c)could have been d)had been

14) a)legal b)external c)illegal d)internal

15) a)refuse b)repair c)require d)reject

Answers: 

1)4

2)4

3)1

4)3

5)1

6)2

7)1

8)2

9)1

10)2

11)1

12)2

13)4

14)3

15)3

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