Fill in the blanks (CBSE pattern)
1.Choose the most appropriate option from the list to complete the following passage. .
Legend tells us that in about three thousand years B C a Chinese Empress, (a) ___________ taking her tea, out of curiosity, dipped the cocoon of a silk worm (b) ___________ it and learnt to (c) ___________ the fine thread of silk of which it was composed. It was nearly five thousand years later (d) ___________ a French man, experimenting with crushed leaves of the mulberry tree, (e) ___________ which the silk worm feeds, (f) ___________ out how to produce a silk filament which we now call artificial silk.
(a) (i) while (ii) when (iii) as (iv) on
(b) (i) in (ii) on (iii) to (iv) into
(c) (i) unwinding (ii) unwound (iii) unwind (iv) unwinds
(d) (i) when (ii) that (iii) which (iv) while
(e) (i) of (ii) with (iii) by (iv) on
(f) (i) found (ii) find (iii) fond (iv) finds
2.Governments are starting programmes (a) ............................ adults how to read and write, how to do (b) ............................ better, how to farm, and how to (c) ............................ and take (d)………………….. the health of their families. Programmes (e) ................................ launched to help adults finish high school. Such adult education programmes are (f) ...................... in many countries.
(a) (i) that teaching (ii) to teach
(iii) which taught (iv) were teaching
(b) (i) there jobs (ii) their jobs
(iii) its jobs (iv) it’s jobs
(c) (i) became healthy (ii) becoming healthy
(iii) becomes healthier (iv) become healthier
(d) (i) better care of (ii) more care of
(iii) good care of (iv) equal care of
(e) (i) has also been (ii) have too been
(iii) have also been (iv) have been also
(f) (i) already in (ii) already on
(iii) already underway (iv) already through
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