Question

GRAMMAR: CLOZE
Complete the following passages by filling in the blanks with suitable words. Write your
answers in the space provided.
1 The Gulf of Alaska is an arm of the North
Pacific Ocean. It is defined A ............ the
curve of the southern coast of Alaska, the
northernmost state of the United States of
America. The amazing fact about this gulf is
that this is B ............ two seas meet but their
waters do not merge C ............ each other.
The Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea are part
of D ............ Pacific Ocean and the Arctic
Ocean respectively. The glacial melt water
E ............ the polar region shows light blue
colour F ............ the left side and the saline
sea water from the tropical region G
deep blue on the right side. This strange
phenomenon H ............ stunning colour
variation in the sea is due ............ the
difference in temperature, water density, and
salinity. However, the waters from the
J ............ seas diffuse ultimately over a
period of time.
in Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian
Botanical Garden in Howrah, Kolkata,
B ............ over 250 years old. This tree
attracts more visitors to the garden than
C ............ collection of exotic plants from five
continents. Spread D ............. 1.89 hectares,
the banyan looks E ............ like a forest
than an individual tree. It survived two great
cyclones in 1864 and 1867. Its main trunk
F ............ decayed and had to be removed
in 1925. At present it G ............ 3772 aerial
roots that have grown vertically to the ground,
looking like trees themselves. Its height is
almost equal H ............ that of the Gateway
of India.
Auroras are sometimes referred A ............
as polar lights. An aurora is a natural light
display B ............ the sky, predominantly
seen in the high-latitude regions. It is a natural
electrical phenomenon characterised
C............. the appearance of bands of reddish
or greenish light D ............ the sky. Around
the northern magnetic pole, in the Arctic
region, it El .......... called aurora borealis
The Indian banyan is the national tree of
India. Banyan trees A ............ be seen in many
parts of the country. The Great Banyan located​

Answer 1

A) as

B) ×

C) with

D) the

E) of

F) on

G) shows

H) of

I) to

J) ×

K) these

L) the

M) ×

N) ×

O) ×

P) is

Q) has

R) to

A) to

B) in

C) by

D) in

E) is

F) can

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