- Cloze: “A good teacher is (1) ____ only a source of information but also a guide. She (2) ____ her students to think, not merely to memorise. Years later, they may forget the lessons, (3) ____ they never forget her kindness. That is (4) ____ great teachers are remembered for a lifetime, and (5) ____ merely for their marks.” — Blank (1):
- not
- none
- never
- no
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Answer: (A) not
not only … but also.
- Cloze: “A good teacher is (1) ____ only a source of information but also a guide. She (2) ____ her students to think, not merely to memorise. Years later, they may forget the lessons, (3) ____ they never forget her kindness. That is (4) ____ great teachers are remembered for a lifetime, and (5) ____ merely for their marks.” — Blank (2):
- teach
- teaches
- taught
- teaching
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Answer: (B) teaches
she + present → teaches.
- Cloze: “A good teacher is (1) ____ only a source of information but also a guide. She (2) ____ her students to think, not merely to memorise. Years later, they may forget the lessons, (3) ____ they never forget her kindness. That is (4) ____ great teachers are remembered for a lifetime, and (5) ____ merely for their marks.” — Blank (3):
- unless
- because
- but
- so
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Answer: (C) but
contrast → but.
- Cloze: “A good teacher is (1) ____ only a source of information but also a guide. She (2) ____ her students to think, not merely to memorise. Years later, they may forget the lessons, (3) ____ they never forget her kindness. That is (4) ____ great teachers are remembered for a lifetime, and (5) ____ merely for their marks.” — Blank (4):
- whom
- whose
- why
- what
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Answer: (C) why
That is why …
- Cloze: “A good teacher is (1) ____ only a source of information but also a guide. She (2) ____ her students to think, not merely to memorise. Years later, they may forget the lessons, (3) ____ they never forget her kindness. That is (4) ____ great teachers are remembered for a lifetime, and (5) ____ merely for their marks.” — Blank (5):
- never
- neither
- none
- not
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Answer: (D) not
and not merely for…
- Cloze: “Last winter our town (1) ____ a very severe cold wave. Schools were closed and many people fell (2) ____. The municipal workers lit bonfires on the main roads (3) ____ the homeless could keep warm. By the end of January the cold (4) ____ and life returned (5) ____ normal.” — Blank (1):
- experience
- experiences
- experienced
- experiencing
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Answer: (C) experienced
Last winter → past.
- Cloze: “Last winter our town (1) ____ a very severe cold wave. Schools were closed and many people fell (2) ____. The municipal workers lit bonfires on the main roads (3) ____ the homeless could keep warm. By the end of January the cold (4) ____ and life returned (5) ____ normal.” — Blank (2):
- illing
- ill
- illness
- sickness
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Answer: (B) ill
fall ill (collocation).
- Cloze: “Last winter our town (1) ____ a very severe cold wave. Schools were closed and many people fell (2) ____. The municipal workers lit bonfires on the main roads (3) ____ the homeless could keep warm. By the end of January the cold (4) ____ and life returned (5) ____ normal.” — Blank (3):
- because of
- lest
- so that
- unless
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Answer: (C) so that
purpose → so that.
- Cloze: “Last winter our town (1) ____ a very severe cold wave. Schools were closed and many people fell (2) ____. The municipal workers lit bonfires on the main roads (3) ____ the homeless could keep warm. By the end of January the cold (4) ____ and life returned (5) ____ normal.” — Blank (4):
- increase
- hardened
- growing
- eased
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Answer: (D) eased
the cold eased.
- Cloze: “Last winter our town (1) ____ a very severe cold wave. Schools were closed and many people fell (2) ____. The municipal workers lit bonfires on the main roads (3) ____ the homeless could keep warm. By the end of January the cold (4) ____ and life returned (5) ____ normal.” — Blank (5):
- in
- to
- at
- on
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Answer: (B) to
return to normal.
- In a cloze test, you should first —
- guess all answers
- fill blank 1 at once
- read the whole passage
- count the blanks
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Answer: (C) read the whole passage
The whole passage first.
- A blank after “a” and before a noun most likely needs a(n) —
- preposition
- conjunction
- adjective
- verb
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Answer: (C) adjective
a ___ noun → adjective.
- A blank between two contrasting ideas needs a connector like —
- moreover
- also
- besides
- however
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Answer: (D) however
Contrast.
- The closing sentence of a passage usually —
- introduces a new topic
- concludes or gives a message
- starts with “but”
- is a question always
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Answer: (B) concludes or gives a message
A conclusion.
- An opening sentence must not begin with —
- an introduction
- a general statement
- an unexplained pronoun like “They”
- the topic
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Answer: (C) an unexplained pronoun like “They”
A pronoun with no antecedent.
- Which option is a natural collocation?
- take a mistake
- give a mistake
- make a mistake
- do a mistake
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Answer: (C) make a mistake
make a mistake.
- “Strong tea” is an example of a —
- tense
- conjunction
- preposition
- collocation
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Answer: (D) collocation
A natural pair.
- A hard blank should be —
- filled first
- left for the end
- skipped always
- left empty
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Answer: (B) left for the end
For the end.
- After filling all blanks you should —
- count words
- stop
- re-read the whole passage
- change two answers
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Answer: (C) re-read the whole passage
Final check.
- An option that repeats a key word of the next sentence is usually —
- a distractor always
- irrelevant
- correct
- wrong
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Answer: (C) correct
It makes the link.
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