Title TRAC NGHIEM VINH BA- CLOZE TEST.docx ✅

Cloze Test 1 One of the hazards that electronic media like the television, radio or computers ___ (1) ___these days is the ___ (2) ___in book reading. The concern ___ (3) ___mainly to the younger generations who are strongly___ (4) ___ by the glamour of the silver screen and, consequently, don’t ___ (5) ___the importance of acquiring first-hand information from books. To ___ (6) ___reading for pleasure and to propagate a wide array of publications like encyclopedias, ___ (7) ___ books, manuals or fiction, radical solutions should be applied. Firstly, more ___ (8) ___ought to be put on the educational ___ (9) ___. Youngsters should be made to feel comfortable while reading either for information or self-satisfaction in public places like airports, buses or on the beach. Secondly, libraries must be subsidized more accurately in order to provide the potential reader with ___ (10) ___choice of publications and to become more publicly active so as to put books at people’s ___ (11) ___rather than keep them under lock and key. Fund collecting actions organized by libraries might also ___ (12) ___ the public awareness of the advantages of becoming ___ (13) ___in a good book. Finally, the mass media themselves might contribute substantially by recommending the purchase of valuable best-sellers and inspiring their viewers to ___ (14) ___their knowledge and erudition, and thus help them to ___ (15) ___ the habit of spontaneous everyday reading. 1. A. denote B. play C. arise D. pose 2. A. rarity B. decline C. shortage D. deficiency 3. A. indicates B. affects C. applies D. embodies 4. A. exposed B. tempted C. submitted D. involved 5. A. recognize B. observe C. view D. distinguish 6. A. incite B. revert C. encourage D. instill 7. A. referral B. referable C. referee D. reference 8. A. relevance B. persistence C. emphasis D. focus 9. A. factor B. point C. matter D. ground 10. A. prolific B. ample C. lavish D. lush 11. A. availability B. usage C. disposal D. benefit 12. A. raise B. amplify C. inflate D. expand 13. A. occupied B. inhaled C. incorporated D. engrossed 14. A. enrich B. magnify C. arouse D. elaborate
15. A. grow B. evolve C. develop D. proceed Cloze test 2 WEATHER WISE All sorts of people need to know what the weather is going to do. They do not all want to know the same information for the same ___ (1) ___of time, however. For someone ___ (2) ___a small boat across the English Channel, it’s the next six hours or so that ___ (3) ___. Whereas a farmer might be more interested in the___ (4) ___ of rain over the next six months. The one thing they ___ (5) ___need, however, is totally dependable information. And it is for this ___ (6) ___ that forecasting is a very big international business. Today, because the ___ (7) ___of forecasts is important to so many people, weather satellites cross from pole to pole every hour and a quarter, ___ (8) ___back to earth from fifty miles up. ___ (9) ___of course, it hasn’t always been so easy. Ancient Creek philosophers like Aristotle started weather forecasting by trying to ___ (10) ___logically what was happening in the sky ___ (11) ___them. They weren’t always right, but they understood the importance of systematic observation. But forecasting remained limited ___ (12) ___people only knew what was happening in their own section of sky. It was the arrival of the electric telegraph in the 1830s that ___ (13) ___forecasters to get a wider picture of the weather that was on its ___ (14) ___. This information could then be ___ (15) ___onto those in its path while it was still of use. 1. A. period B. term C. season D. stage 2. A. blowing B. sailing C. cruising D. floating 3. A. bother B. amount C. concern D. matter 4. A. chances B. occasions C. opportunities D. fortunes 5. A. own B. either C. both D. everyone 6. A. motivation B. explanation C. question D. reason 7. A. strictness B. accuracy C. justice D. honesty 8. A. translating B. describing C. reviewing D. reporting 9. A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Although D. Despite 10. A. pick up B. work out C. come across D. check over 11. A. above B. beyond C. over D. across 12. A. in case B. because of C. due to D. so long as 13. A. allowed B. got C. granted D. let 14. A. route B. train C. way D. road