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CLOZE PASSAGE

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What is it?

• A cloze test (also cloze deletion test)is an exercise, test, or assessmentconsisting o a portion of text withcertain words removed, !here the"artici"ant is as#ed to re"lace themissing !ords$

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Exam"le

•  %oda&, ' !ent to the ando*ght some mil# and eggs$ ' #ne! it!as going to rain, *t ' orgot to ta#em& , and ended *" getting!et on the !a& $

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C$ %he com"arison3and3contrast cl*e, in !hich the o""osite isgi0en in the same sentence-

Altho*gh the nati0es a""eared friendly , hostile tries !ere #no!n to attac# ex"lorers$

+$ %he !ord3s*mmar& cl*e, in !hich the details "receding orollo!ing the !ord ex"lain the meaning-

 %he 4oors were washed, the furniture polishedand the curtains freshly laundered; the wholehouse !as in perfect  condition or the ne! tenants$

E$ %he association cl*e- meaning is clari5ed thro*gh theassociations the !ord s*ggests to the reader-  %he colourful rainbows "aint her !orld in dierenth*es o ha""iness$

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• Eating !ell is im"ortant or o*r "h&sical !ell3eing$Li#e!ise eeding the mind is im"ortant or (6) mentalhealth$ 't has een s*ggested that (7) o*r mind !ith

good, clean inormation can (8) *s to de0elo" a health&attit*de that (9) essential or a ha""& and s*ccess*llie$ (:) health& attit*de hel"s to *ild a "erson;s (<) in lie$ =esearch has sho!n that the (>) can econditioned s*ccess*ll& to instincti0el& react () to

negati0e sit*ations$ @o! does one no*rish () mind toreact in s*ch a manner? (6B) to recordings oins"irational messages is one (66) !a&$ o* can do this!hile carr&ing (67) some m*ndane acti0ities li#e dri0ingor doing (68) chores$ Another s*ggested acti0it& is to

read$ (69), it is im"ortant that &o* read good (6:)$1or s*ccess*l reading to ta#e "lace, ens*re that the oo#sare easil& accessile$ 'n addition, create a comortalereading area !here &o* can read 2*ietl& !itho*tinterr*"tion$

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•  %he learning sit*ation reers to the en0ironment in !hichthe learner 5nds himsel$ 'n other !ords, the learningsit*ation reers (6) an& actors or conditions that aect

the (7) or the learning "rocess$ One im"ortant element(8) the learning sit*ation is the teacher$ Another (9)actor is the classroom setting$ %his !o*ld (:) theeecti0eness o the 0entilation s&stem, lighting (<) thearrangement o seats$ (>), the most signi5cant actor

in0ol0es "eo"le- the attit*de and eha0io*r () theteacher and morale ()the class$ et, there are someother signi5cant actors !hich (6B) more el*si0e$ Wemight e inclined (66) o0erloo# them i ed*cational"s&chologists had not identi5ed (67) as im"ortant$ %he

attit*de o the comm*nit& (68) ed*cation is one othese el*si0e actors$ (69) ed*cation and schooling donot rate 0er& highl& (6:) the comm*nit&;s scale o0al*es, s*ch an attit*de ma& ser0e as a "o!er*ldeterrent to classroom learning$

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