English Quiz 2017 – Cloze Test – Set 9


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1-2
2-3
3-4
Or
12345
54213
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Directions (Q. 1 – 10): In the given passage, there are blanks, each of
which has been numbered. Amongst each, five words are suggested, one of which
fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
Calculations that previously look
more than 20 hours to complete using the banks’ own systems are now done in 20
minutes. Big banks are also renting resources in the cloud ____ (1) they need
safe test environments in which they ___ (2) mirror their own computer systems and
then make-changes ____ (3) updates without the risk of crashing the ____ (4)
bank. Many banks are reconfiguring their ____ (5) computer systems into private
clouds – a hybrid ____ (6) in which they have sole use of a data centre. But
they ____ (7) some benefits from using software and systems that run public
clouds. ___ (8) are however concerns about cloud computing. One is the ___ (9)
over security and data protection. For small banks with ___ (10) resources, the
large data centres provided by firms such as Microsoft are probably safer and
more reliable than any they could build themselves. But large banks which have
already but secure data centres remain reluctant to hand over client data to
outsiders.
1. 1) that 2) when 3) though 4) later 5) perhaps
2. 1) able 2) try 3) want 4) can 5) capable
3. 1) not 2) other 3) only 4) to 5) or
4. 1) disagree 2) collapse 3) entire 4) default 5) best
5. 1) some 2) specially 3) fully 4) own 5) bulk
6. 1) crop 2) power 3) circuits 4) step 5) degree
7. 1) basic 2) arise 3) originate 4) derive 5) advantage
8. 1) Then 2) There 3) What 4) Where 5) This
9. 1) concern 2) thought 3) take 4) wrong 5) anxious

10. 1) limited 2) inadequately 3) reduce 4) restrict 5)
failed


Answers:

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. 5
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 1
  7. 4
  8. 2
  9. 1
  10. 1

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