CLOZE TEXT EXCERCISES

CLOZE TEXT EXCERCISES
1. Language only belongs (1)_____ human beings. Each nation has its own language. We are
born to speak the language (2)______ by our ancestors naturally and automatically. I speak
Vietnamese fluently just because I was (3)______ in Vietnam where my parents, as well as all
others living around me speak Vietnamese. A man who was born and grow up in any (4)_____
country surely speaks English very well. We all know the advantages of learning a foreign
language. The more languages we learn, (5)______ we get into the knowledge treasure of
humanity.
2. A. at
B. in
C. from
D. to
3. A. to speak
B. spoke
C. spoken
D.
speaking
4. A. born
B. brought
C. got up
D. lived
5. A. French-speaking
B. English-speaking C. Vietnamese-speaking
D.
Chinese-speaking
6. A. the more
B. the most
C. the much
D. the best
7. People can go on learning until they are eighty or ninety. There is really no (1) ______
limit. Many elderly people go to language centers. They want to learn (2)_____ foreign

language.
People are never too old (3)______ learn. It is true that we can go (4)______ learning until
the day we (5)______.
1. A. old
B. age
C. year
D. time
2. A. any
B. some
C. a
D. the
3. A. for
B. about
C. by
D. to
4. A. on
B. to
C. towards
D. out
5. A. survive
B. die
C. live
D. exist
8. There have been several explanation of the (1)_______ why English men walk and drive
(2)_____ . one is said that Londoners used to travel on horseback and a horse is always (3)
_______ from the left side. One is said that English people hated Napoleon Bonaparte who put
the right- hand rule (4) ______ in the countries that he had conquered. One is said that English
men used to fight with a sword so they held the sword in the right hand and kept (5)______ to
the left made them feel easy to slash and thrust.
1. A. main

B. reason
C. cause
D. affair
2. A. to the left
B. to the right C. on both side of the street D. in the middle of the street
3. A. brought
B. fed
C. taken
D.
mounted
4. A. in date
B. in force
C. on use
D. date
back
5. A. ride
B. rode
C. ridden
D. riding


9. Why do they drive on the left in Britain and on the right in other countries? The reason for
this goes back to the day (1)_______ people traveled by (2)______ . Most people are righthanded ,and thus the (3) ______ is the natural side to ride on if you are on (4)_______ and need
your right hand to hold a sword in case (5)______ trouble. So why didn’t the rest of the world do
the same?
1. A. where
B. when
C. whenever
D. whose
2. A. horse

B. horseback
C. horse race
D. riding
horse
3. A. left hand
B. left side
C. left
D. left turn
4. A. horse
B. horse race
C. riding horse
D.
horseback
5. A. of
B. in
C. on
D. at
10. I had an amusing experience last year. When I was (1)______ to a town in the south of
France, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he got into
the car, I said good morning to him (2)______ French and he replied in the same language.
(3)_______ of us spoke during the journey. I myself know a little of French. I had nearly
(4)______ the town when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, “Do you speak English?”
as I soon learnt, he was English (5)______.
1. A. walking
B. flying
C. driving
D. riding
2. A. in
B. at
C. by

D. from
3. A. none
B. neither
C. either
D. A and B
4. A. came
B. approached
C. stopped
D. went
5. A. him
B. he
C. himself
D.
himselves
11. Janet left school three months (1)_____ . She wants to continue her study at a university but
her parents are not rich (2)_____ to send her to university. Janet is looking for a job. She hopes
that she (3)_____ earn some money to share the financial problem with her parents. She like
meeting people and traveling (4)______ she wants to apply for a position as a receptionist or a
tourist guide. She reads newspapers and looks through the “Situation Vacant” columns every day,
but up to now she (5) _____ a job yet.
1. A. before
B. ago
C. next year
D. then
2. A. much
B. nearly
C. too
D. enough
3. A. will
B. would

C. is
D. able to
4. A. so that
B. such
C. so
D.
although
5. A. finds
B. won’t find
C. found
D. has not
found
12. Rivers are one of the most (1)_____ resources. Most of the big cities in the world are on large
rivers and almost every country has at least one river that (2)______ an important part in the
lives of its people.


Besides transportation, rivers provide people with food and water. To get water for crops, a
(3)____ is built across a river. People can use water not only to irrigate (4) _____ to make
electricity.
However, several rivers are (5)_____ when industries develop. It is necessary to keep rivers
clean if people want to get benefits of the natural resources.
1. A. nature
B. natural
C. nation
D.
naturally
2. A. plays
B. choose
C. makes

D.
demands
3. A. pool
B. pond
C. well
D. dam
4. A. or
B. nor
C. but also
D. either
5. A. pollute
B. polluted
C. pollution
D.
polluting
13. Water is our life source. It (1)_____ 70% of our bodies, and the average person actually
spends about six months of his life on the bath or a shower. But we are only now (2)______ how
to take care of water. Acid rain has polluted (3)_____ 18,000 lakes. Our seas and rivers are
polluted, too. It is now very expensive to overcome the damage that has been done. However, we
have some hope for the future (4)_____ some new sources of water have been discovered.
People living in Sahara have found fish (5)_______ in deep underground streams. Many
scientists also believe that there is a huge lake underneath London. If we have leant something
from our mistakes, we should keep these new sources of water clean.
1. A. puts up
B. gets up
C. makes up
D. calls up
2. A. learn
B. learning
C. learnt

D. have
learnt
3. A. as many as
B. as much as
C. as lot as
D. as so
many as
4. A. because
B. since
C. as
D. all are
correct
5. A. to swim
B. swam
C. swimming
D. is
swimming
14. It is important in the US to have a handshake that is firm.
This is (1)_____ important business. A handshake should not be (2)______ strong that it
hurts the other person, but it should be firm (3)______. Many Americans believe that a weak
handshake (4)_____ that the person also has a weak character and is not honest. This is true
(5)_______ two men, two women, or a man and a woman.
1. A. especial
B. especially
C. particular
D. most
2. A. such
B. as
C. so
D. very

3. A. enough
B. too
C. much
D. very
4. A. tells
B. means
C. requires
D.
demands
5. A. to
B. from
C. with
D. for


15. In America, the simple words “I’m sorry” display very good manners in many difficult (1)
______ situations. “I’m sorry” has two main uses : to express your sympathy to someone who
has a bad experience and to express your (2)_______ when you have bothered someone or
(3)________ a problem. Other useful apologies are “excuse me!” and “pardon me”, which mean
the same thing. These (4)_______ are appropriate when pushing your way out of a crowded
elevator or stopping a stranger to ask (5) _______.
1. A. social
B. society
C. socialist
D.
socialism
2. A. wish
B. hope
C. regret
D. love

3. A. offer
B. caused
C. give
D. demand
4. A. talks
B. speeches
C. verbals
D.
expressions
5. A. direct
B. directed
C. directly
D.
directions
16. The word “sandwich” is a (1) _______ word. It is an English word. The word is also used
in many other (2) ______ . Mr. Sandwich, (3)_______ lived in England in the 18 th , liked
(4)_____ cards. He often played all day and night. One time, he had been playing for 24 hours
without (5)______ . he didn’t leave the card table even to eat. His servant (6)______ him some
food. It was bread and meat. He didn’t want to stop (7)_____ so he put the meat (8) _____ two of
the pieces of bread. In this way he was (9) ______ to continue playing. From the (10) ______ of
this man, we have the word “Sandwich” today.
1. A. lovely
B. common
C. private
D. poverty
2. A. talks
B. speeches
C. discussion
D.
languages

3. A. who
B. whom
C. that
D. A and C
4. A. play
B. playing
C. played
D. plays
5. A. stop
B. to stop
C. stops
D.
stopping
6. A. brought
B. connected
C. contacted
D. chose
7. A. eat
B. to eat
C. eating
D. ate
8. A. in
B. under
C. between
D. above
9. A. able
B. unable
C. capable
D. enable
10. A. call

B. name
C. voice
D. sound
17. What sort of job should you look for? Much depends (1)______ your long term aim. You
need to ask (2)_____ whether you want to specialize in a particular field, work your (3)_____ up
to higher levels of responsibility or (4)______ of your current employment into a broader field.
This job will be studied very carefully when you send your letter of (5)______ for your
next job. It (6)_____ show evidence of serious career planning. (7)______ important, it should
extend you, develop you and give you increasing responsibility. Incidentally, if the travel bug is
bitting, (8)______ is the time to pack up and go. You can do temporary work for a (9)______ ;
when you return, pick up where you have (10)______ off and get the second job.
1. A. for
B. on
C. of
D. with


2. A. you
3. A. path
4. A. out
5. A. applicants
employment
6. A. will
7. A. Less
8. A. then
9. A. day
10. A. came

B. it
B. road

B. off
B. application

C. yourself
C. way
C. into
C. form

D. oneself
D. street
D. over
D.

B. would
B. Even
B. now
B. time
B. left

C. should
C. Almost
C. so
C. while
C. taken

D. may
D. Most
D. such
D. ages
D. paid

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
18. Good communication is the key to being successful and satisfied in many situations: work,
personal, social. At work, communication skills (1)_______ most commonly shown in your
(2)______ to use and understand language, whether spoken or on (3)_______ . you need a good
command of language to (4)______ your ideas, opinions, (5)______ feelings across clearly.
Listening carefully is (6)_____ important communication skill, as is the ability and confidence to
(7)_______ questions when you need to understand something or get (8)_______ from someone.
(9)______ in a language other than your mother tongue also counts as a (10)______.
1. A. are
B. have
C. were
D. do
2. A. capacity
B. ability
C. knowledge
D. fluency
3. A. writing
B. written
C. paper
D. letter
4. A. come
B. get
C. understand
D. know
5. A. also
B. too
C. so
D. and
6. A. a

B. the
C. an
D. any
7. A. answer
B. put
C. ask
D. suggest
8. A. things
B. information
C. knowledge
D.
explanation
9. A. Competence
B. Ability
C. Talent
D. Use
10. A. understanding
B. speaking
C. giving
D.
communication
FILM MUSIC
19. In the (1)_______ days of the cinema, before sound was introduced, silent films were
(2)______ by pianist, or even a small orchestra playing in the cinema itself. One reason
(3)______ this was to cover up the noise of the projector. However, a more important role was to
provide (4)______ for what was going on in the film, and (5)______ the audience through the
story. Different kinds of music were (6)______ with different situations, (7)______ as fights,
chases, romantic scene and so on. Music was (8)______ used to identify the geological location
or historical setting of the story. In (9)______, individual characters often had their own tune,
which could also (10) ______ what sort of person they were.

1. A. early
B. starting
C. beginning
D. original


2. A. chased
accompanied
3. A. on
4. A. support
comment
5. A. allow
6. A. grouped
collected
7. A. if
8. A. too
9. A. plus
10. A. see

B. pursued

C. taken

D.

B. about
B. description

C. for
C. suggestion

D. of
D.

B. guide
B. joined

C. follow
C. associated

D. send
D.

B. for
B. also
B. addition
B. point

C. such
C. additional
C. all
C. put

D. so
D. more
D. total
D. indicate

BIRD FLU
20. There has been a(n) (1)______ of avian influenza, better known as “bird flu” in Asia

recently. The first (2)_____ died two weeks ago in Vietnam and there have been cases reported in
Thailand, and there are some suspected cases in Cambodia (3)______
Wild bird flu are affected by a large number of flu viruses, just as humans and other
animals (4)_____, but they are normally exclusive to birds. If the viruses manage to mutate, they
can jump the species barrier and infect human beings. The first case(5)______ someone died was
in Hong Kong in 1997.
There are different forms of bird flu, ranging from mild to very (6)______ infections,
which spread by (7)_____ birds – ducks, in particular- which carry the virus, but aren’t killed by
it. They can spread the virus to farm birds through (8)_____ contact or by contaminating the
water supplies.
World health organization officials have attributed the spread of bird flu to human contact with
the droppings of infected birds and (9)______ sanitation. There was no evidence at first that the
virus spread from person to person, though there has been a (10)_____ of this happening being
investigated by scientists
1. A. break-up
B. outburst
C. outbreak
D.
breakout
2. A. victims
B. casualties
C. sufferers
D.
infectors
3. A. also
B. too
C. either
D. as well
4. A. do
B. are

C. will
D. does
5. A. where
B. when
C. which
D. in
which
6. A. strict
B. severe
C. serious
D. heavy
7. A. natural
B. wild
C. untamed
D.
untrained
8. A. direct
B. straight
C. immediate
D. square
9. A. awful
B. bad
C. terrible
D. poor
10. A. circumstance
B. situation
C. case
D. form