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Cloze Test 1

The Sahara is the great desert of northern Africa and the largest in the world.____(11)___ the Atlantic Ocean on the west to the Red Sea on the east, and from the Atlas Mountains and Mediterranean Sea on the north ____(12)____ the savannas of the Sudan region on the south. ____(13)____ more than 3 million square miles (8 million sq km), the Sahara is divided among many countries. Parts of the desert are known by separate names, such as the Eastern or Arabian Desert between the Nile River and the Red Sea, and the Libyan Desert along the border between Egypt and Libya. The Sahara has ____(14)_____ of 2 million excluding the densely settled Nile Valley, ____(15)_____ apart from the surrounding desert. The principal language of the people of the Sahara is Arabic and their religion is Islam. 11- 1) It extends between 2) It extends from

3) There extends from 4) There extends between

12- 1) on 2) in 3) at 4) to

13- 1) With an area of 2) To be an area of

3) To be an area with 4) Across an area with

14- 1) a population estimated 2) a population estimating

3) estimated a population 4) an estimated population

15- 1) that is considered 2) that it considers

3) which is considered 4) which considers

Cloze Test 2

If you ask most people to list what makes them ____(11)_____ someone on first meeting, they

_____(12)_____ personality, intelligence, and sense of humor. But they're probably deceiving

____(13)_____. The characteristic that impresses people the most ____(14)_____ meeting

anyone, from a job applicant ____(15)_____ a classmate, is appearance.

11- 1) like 2) to like 3) being liked 4) liking 12- 1) will say 2) are to say 3) are saying 4) will be saying 13- 1) it 2) them 3) themselves 4) one another 14- 1) is 2) for 3) when 4) during 15- 1) as 2) to 3) or 4) for

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Cloze Test 3

A scholarship is a type of financial award given to college students in recognition of past or

potential academic achievement. The terms scholarship and fellowship are sometimes

____(11)_____. Generally, however, a scholarship is awarded to undergraduates

_____(12)_____a fellowship is given for graduate study. Currently, most scholarship programs

are related to financial need, ____(13)_____ not necessarily a prerequisite. The College

Scholarship Service, an organization sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board, has

devised a financial aid form ____(14)_____ used by over 1,600 colleges and universities in a

cooperative effort to achieve some uniformity in assessing need. A detailed report on

____(15)_____ annual income, investments, debts, and dependents is submitted to the College

Scholarship Service which duplicates copies and sends them to the colleges as requested, along

with a confidential analysis of need and a recommended award.

11- 1) interchangeable use 2) interchangeably use

3) used interchangeably 4) used interchangeable

12- 1) as if 2) as long as 3) while 4) however

13- 1) although need is 3) so that need does

2) although need does 4) so that need is

14- 1) it is 2) what if has been 3) it has been 4) that is

15- 1) factors 2) such factors as 3) such as factors 4) factors that are

Cloze Test 4

There are many methods of mining, ____(11)_____ is based upon where a mineral deposit

_____(12)_____ in the earth. While some mineral deposits are far ____(13)_____, others lie at

or ____(14)_____ the earth's surface. Several different mining methods ____(15)_____

deposits occur close to the earth's surface.

11- 1) that 2) each of which 3) every method 4) while any of them 12- 1) is found 2) found 3) finding 4) being found 13- 1) away 2) deep 3) from 4) underground 14- 1) in 2) near 3) within 4) above 15- 1) are used when 2) which used 3) when used 4) which are used