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8th DecemberCloze Test The Hindu

A drone that ______(1)_____ over Japaneseemployees and _______(2)_____ music to forcethem to go home was unveiled on Thursday, asthe country tries to reduce its notoriously______(3)______ work hours. The T-Frendbuzzes over those _______(4)______ to work late,blasting out the strains ofAuld Lang Syne , aScottish tune typically used in Japan toannounce that a store is closing. You cantreally work when you think its coming over anytime now and hearAuld Lang Syne along withthe buzz, said Norihiro Kato, a director atTaisei, an office security and cleaning firm thatco-developed the system. The drone is________(5)______ with a camera, which storesfootage on an SD card.

1. (a) showers (b) hovers(c) rovers (d) towers

2. (a) dispenses (b) play(c) creates (d) blares

3. (a) big (b) lengthy(c) great (d) long

4. (a) try (b) trying(c) think (d) thinking

5. (a) embedded (b) installed(c) equipped (d) traced

Parajumble SE418A. The 10-member group will evaluate how

technological advancements, particularly inwearable and portable devices,

B. as well as suggest a policy frameworkkeeping in view the interests of policyholders.

C. This apart, it would examine various aspectsthat are bound to impact the pricing

D. Insurance regulator IRDAI has constituted aworking group to examine the use ofwearable and portable devices in theinsurance framework.

E. may be treated from a point of view of riskimprovement, risk assessment anduse/distribution of such devices as part ofpolicy design.

Basic Fillers11. You keep ________ the same subject, and Iveasked you not to mention it again.A) bringing forward B) bringing upC) bringing to D) bringing aboutE) bringing together

12. That shop down the road always ______ itsgoods well in the window.A) shows B) reveals C) uncoversD) exposes E) displays

13. Please wipe your feet on the door ________before you come in.A) mat B) rug C) carpetD) tile E) blanket

14. Although most of the children in the classwere rather dull, there were one or two ________ones.A) light B) bright C) skilfulD) wise E) thoughtful

15. The ________ with Charles is, he doesntknow his own mind.A) upset B) trouble C) puzzleD) complication E) inconvenience

16. I hate January when all the ________ startcoming in. I never seem to have enough moneyto pay them all.A) receipts B) accounts C) estimatesD) bills E) lists

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17. The workers were ________ in their demandfor better conditions.A) united B) combined C) joinedD) stuck E) attached

18. The judge ________ the criminal to twentyyears in prison.A) condemned B) punished C) disciplinedD) inflicted E) sentenced

19. I want to know the answers to thesequestions, so I shall have to look at the ________at the back of the book.A) index B) key C) registerD) record E) table

20. I wouldnt like to spend a night alone in thathouse. It is said to be ________ by a headlessghost.A) obsessed B) tormented C) hauntedD) infested E) upset

Idioms Theory

1.Have a finger in every pieTo be involved in and have influence overmany activities in an annoying wayYou cant make a decision on any kind offunding without consulting him he has afinger in every pie.

2.Put your finger on sthTo discover the what is wrong with sthThere was something odd about him, but Icouldnt put my finger on it.

3.Cling/hang on by your fingernailsTo avoid danger or failureWere hanging on by our fingernails andhoping that it rains before we lose our entirecrop.

4.Hang/hold fireTo delay or be delayed in taking actionThe project h had hung fire for several yearsfor lack of funds.

5.Be first among equalsTo be more important or have moreresponsibilityThe chairman of the joint chiefs of staff wasalways considered first among equals.

6.Be first past the postFirst to achieve sth in a competitionThe Russian team were first past the post inthe race to complete the expedition.

7.First and foremostMore than anything elseIn order to be successful a film has to be, firstand foremost, a good story.

8.Of the first waterOf the best or most extreme kindHer husband is a bully of the first water.

9.

Be neither fish nor fowlNeither one thing nor anotherThe hovercraft has always suffered from thefact that it is neither fish nor fowl.

10.If the hat/shoe fits, wear itIf a remark applies to you, accept itI didnt actually say that you were lazy, but ifthe cap fits, wear it.

AnswersCloze Test BDDBCParajumble DAECB

Basic Fillers - 11-B 12-E 13-A 14-B 15-B 16-D17-A 18-E 19-B 20-C





Capital Crisis on US recognizingJerusalem as Israels capitalU.S. President Donald Trumps decisionto recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,despite warnings at home and abroad, willworsen the Israel-Palestine conflict. Jerusalem,which houses holy places of all three Abrahamicreligions and is claimed by both Israelis andPalestinians, is at the very heart of the dispute.Israel built its seat of power in West Jerusalemdecades ago and occupied the East during the1967 war, and later annexed it. Palestiniansinsist that East Jerusalem should be the capitalof their future state. Even though there is aCongressional resolution in the U.S. urgingWashington to relocate its embassy from Tel Avivto Jerusalem, previous American Presidentsavoided doing so given the legal, ethical andpolitical implications of the issue, besides theircommitment to a negotiated two-statesettlement. By breaking with this consensus,Mr. Trump has in effect endorsed the Israeliclaims to East Jerusalem. The decision willlikely help him bolster his image among theJewish lobby in Washington as well as Americanevangelical groups, his social base. Israel isobviously happy. Though Arab countries havevoiced protest, they are unlikely to challenge anAmerican decision. Mr. Trumps move raisesvital questions about U.S. diplomacy in theregion besides putting new roadblocks in thepeace process. It could be viewed as illegal asthe Israeli claim that Jerusalem complete andunited is its capital has been declared null andvoid by UN Security Council Resolution 478,which also asks member-countries to withdrawdiplomatic missions from the Holy City. TheU.S. is now acting against the spirit of thisresolution.

The Jerusalem gambit risks triggering anothercycle of protests and repression in the OccupiedTerritories. In 2000, Ariel Sharons visit to theal-Aqsa compound in the Old City sparked thesecond intifada. Palestinians are expressingsimilar distress today. The peace process is notgoing anywhere, while Israel has gradually beentightening its occupation and building newsettlements. Hamas has already called for athird intifada. In the longer term, Mr. Trump has

just made the two-state solution morecomplicated. The Israeli-Palestine conflict can besettled only after an agreement is reached onthe status of Jerusalem. The city was not part ofIsrael in the original 1947 UN plan to partitionPalestine. Jerusalem, which was supposed to beruled by an international trusteeship, wasconquered by Israel. This is why the UN has notrecognised it as Israels capital. With his latestannouncement, Mr. Trump has endorsed theoccupation. And in doing so, he has underminedthe U.S.s position as a neutral broker in Israeli-Palestinian talks. In short, he has dealt a blowto the peace process.

Daily Vocab The Hindu Editorial 8th DecCapital Crisis on US recognizing Jerusalemas Israels capital

Worsen to become worse than it was before -

Annexed to take control by force; occupy - Urge try hard to persuade - Endorse promote; support- Bolster to improve sth - Gambit move Repression the act of using force to control agroup Distress great suffering Conquer to defeat sb Undermine to make sth weaker

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U.S. President Donald Trumps decision torecognise the disputed city of Jerusalem revered by the Jews, Muslims and Christians as the capital of Israel is a potentiallyprovocative move. The controversialannouncement, a major pre-election plank, haspredictably attracted widespread internationalopposition, both from U.S. allies and leaders ofthe Arab world. The UNs 1947 plan for thepartition of Palestine between the Arabs and theJews provided for the international governanceof Jerusalem in view of the citys centuries-oldreligious and cultural sensitivities. In morerecent years, this historical context has fed intoa hard-line religious nationalism in Israelipolitics, one that Jerusalem has come tosymbolise.

When Mr. Trump signed an executive order inJune to keep the embassy in Tel Aviv, his aidesdescribed the surprise move as a delay ratherthan a reversal of the proposal to relocate toJerusalem. That defence was not enough tosilence scepticism that the constraints of officewould force Mr. Trump to defer the decision inmuch the same manner that it forced hispredecessors since the 1995 law on therelocation of the embassy. There has been noindication so far of the factors that may haveinfluenced the latest development. However, it istempting to speculate that at the end of the firstyear of his presidency, and with little evidence ofprogress on the peace process in West Asia, Mr.Trump had to demonstrate some movementbefore the next six-month waiver on the locationof the embassy.

A charitable reading of the announcement couldplausibly be made from its ambiguity. To theextent that it makes a general reference to thehistoric city of Jerusalem, it leaves open thequestion whether the part alluded to is the eastor the west of the city. A central aspect of theprevailing dispute between the PalestinianAuthority and Israel revolves around the recentdivision of Jerusalem. Israel occupied WestJerusalem in the 1948 war, soon after theproclamation of a separate state. Following itsconquest of the eastern part from Jordan in theSix-Day War of 1967, the entire city has beenunder Israeli control. Since the 1993 Oslo peace

accord, the Palestinian Authority has pinned itshopes on negotiating a restoration of control ofEast Jerusalem, which it regards as its futurecapital. Even if President Trumpspronouncement does not quite amount toprejudging the outcome of the stalled West Asiapeace process, it has renewed long-standinganxieties over its shape and direction.

Washington has been hostile to the growinginternational support for the Palestine cause. Itopposed Palestines elevation as a non-memberobserver at the UN in 2012, as well as itsadmission to the UNESCO. Similarly, the morerecent U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris-based institution was in response to the growingprotection accorded to Palestinian heritage sites,which it viewed as an anti-Israel stance. Mr.Trumps moves would be watched even moreclosely.



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