GAP FILLING
I Fill the blanks given below using only one word in each blank. The first one is done as an
example. Write your answers in the answer sheet against the correct blank number.
1. A man in an upstairs apartment worked in the night shift and continually woke (a)….. the occupant in
the apartment below by taking (b)...his boots and tossing them across the room. After complaints, he
agreed to change his ways. (c)..….. on returning home early one morning, he threw one boot (d)
….remembering his promise. He gently placed the second shoe (e) …his bed. Twenty minutes later, his
neighbour pounded on the door. ‘’For God sake,” he screamed, (f) ….the door opened, “Throw the other
boot so that I can get back to sleep.”
2. If you regularly remember the many things, (a) …. big and small, for which you are grateful, it (b)
….put a spring in your step. New research shows (c) ….people keeping a gratitude diary sleep better (d)
…. have good moods and a stronger sense of connection (e) …. others. So spend a few minutes daily
writing in a diary five things you are thankful (f)….. .
3. Most people have an intuitive sense that walking (a) … calm them down. Now scientists (b) …. trying
to find some evidence for such a claim. An American investigation researcher observed people who
were (c) …. care relatives with dementia, a stressful situation almost (d) ….one of us will face. It was
found that those who began walking four times a week, reported feeling (e) …. distressed and were
sleeping (f) …. . Tests (g) … that their blood pressure was more likely to (h) …steady when they were
under stress.
4. Four (a)…. Nature and wildlife magazines National Geographic, Smithsonian, Sunset and Conde
Nast Traveller have (b) … pulled up by (c) … publishers of nine environmental magazines for (d) ….
virgin fibre paper in (e) …. Publications. According (f) …. estimates, 7,37, 809 trees were (g) ….down
in 2001 to provide paper for these four magazines alone, some of (h), …..,ironically, often celebrate
nature with the finest photographs.
5. A curtain merely treated with insecticide (a) …… help save your life. A recent study (b) ……. that
(c) ……. curtains treated with insecticide can reduce the incidence (d) ….. cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL)
- a disease (e) ….. has fatal, debilitating (f) ……. deforming consequences in (g) …… form of skin
ulcers. The disease is caused (h) …… the leishmania parasite .
6. If the modern man wants tips (a)…… good child care, he could (b) …….. at a couple of frogs in
Papua New Guinea. (c)…….. remarkable behavior of two species, (d)…… which males (e) ……. only
bear sole responsibility for looking (f) ……… their offspring but (g)……. take the entire family for
piggy-back rides (h)… the forest, came to light recently .
7. One hot day in December, I (a)….been standing perfectly still for a few minutes (b) ……. the dry
weeds,(c) …….. a slight rustling sound (d) …… from near my feet, and glancing down, I saw the head
(e) …….. neck of a large serpent (f) ……. slowly past me. In a moment or two, the flat head was lost
(g) …. sight among the weeds, (h) … the long body continued moving slowly by.
8. Despite the tremendous (a) ……… in the medical field, no drug is yet (b) ….. for the treatment of
viral diseases . Edward Jenner invented vaccination in 1796. A(c)…… is a preparation of heat killed
micro-organisms. When a small (d) …… of such micro-organisms is injected into the human body, the
body (e) …… immunity against that particular microbe. This is the basic (f) …… of vaccination. Now
vaccines are available (g)……. a number of diseases. Such vaccines are (h) …. and risk – free.
9. In every field (a) ….. are pressures. Instead of succumbing to them (b) …… has to be motivated and
perform (c) ……. In every failure there is a lesson to be (d) ……. Parents and teachers should guard (e)
…… putting pressure on children. Man’s biggest (f) …… is his fear of failure. It can adversely (g) ……
his performance. So brace up and do your duty (h) …… any fears.
10. On May 20, 1818, the British explorer Sir Stamford Raffles, reported the finding of a giant flower
(a) ……. Sumatra. It was named Rafflesia (b)….. him . Measuring almost a metre across and (c)……
upto eleven kilograms, the Rafflesia is (d) ….. world’s largest flower. It is (e) ……. called ‘Stinking
lily’ (f) ……. of the unpleasant smell it emits. (g)….people who have been fortunate to see it, inform
that they were overcome (h) ….. its beauty.
11. Our city was acutely short of water. In one of my classes I stressed (a) ……. need to conserve water.
We (b) ….. ways of harvesting rain water and making the (c) …… of every drop that was available. (d)
….. was surprised to hear wise thoughts (e) …… by an 11 -year old boy. He told us that (f)….. he
washed his face in the morning he didn’t throw the water (g) ….. he caught it in a bowl and placed it (h)
…….. for the birds.
12.I have been(a) ….from fever (b) …… last night. I (c) ….… not be able to attend school from 3rd to 8th
of this month. Kindly (d) ……me leave for the period.
13. The washing machine that I had(a)….. from your firm has been (b)---------trouble for the last three
days. Since it is still within the (c) ……. period, kindly send your mechanic to (d) …… the necessary
repairs.
14. Our houses and backyards (a) ….. excellent insect habitats. What looks like a single (b) …… for
humans is, for insects (c) …… different ones. No matter where we look, we find (d) ……. entire insect
ecosystem. Insects (e)……. our houses by hitching a ride (f) …… our clothes and bodies.
15. A popular ingredient in hundreds of dishes, the humble tomato (a) …… one of the (b) ….. widely
used ingredients in dishes (c) …….. over the world. Recent advances in genetic science (d) …… made it
possible to alter the acidity in tomatoes (f) ……making them tastier. According to tomato lover, good
tasting tomatoes _____ sweet. But the real key (g) …… this taste is the acids (h) ……. in the fruit.
