Answers to Cloze Test 1

Here are the answers to Cloze Test 1

1 – e – Surrounded

2 – d – Imprinted

3 – e – Cloth

4 – a – Legend

5 – a – Ripped

6 – e – Shelter

7 – d – Into

8 – a – Gutted

9 – c – Swatches

10 – a – Fascination

I hope you did well on the test.

   

Cloze Test 001

This Cloze Test was given to me by a student! I am grateful and truly obliged to him for his generosity. 
 

                                                                                                    My Time: 2 min 43 sec                                                                                                                


Almost everything about the shroud of Turin is ___(1)___ by mystery - its age, its authenticity and even the identity of the bearded man with the deep-set eyes whose image is ___(2)___ on the 14-foot length of the yellow linen still believed by many Catholics to be the burial ___(3)___ of Jesus.

Now to add to the ___(4)___, there is also the mystery of the fire that ___(5)___ through the 17th century baroque chapel built to ___(6)___ the shroud and that spread ___(7)___ the upper floors of the neighboring Royal Palace on the night of April 12. The shroud itself was saved but the chapel was ___(8___, just weeks before the scaffolding was to come down after a three year restoration.

Whether it dates back to the middle ages, as carbon dating done on tiny ___(9)___ of the shroud concluded in 1988, or to the time of Jesus, the centuries old ___(10)___ with the shroud has only increased since the fire.

1. a. Covered	b. Expelled	c. Painted	d. Flanked	e. Surrounded
2. a. Soiled	b. Photographed	c. Reflected	d. Imprinted	e. Adhered
3. a. Grave	b. Mound	c. Rite	d. Song	e. Cloth
4. a. Legend	b. Story	c. Fable	d. Fiction	e. Fuel
5. a. Ripped	b. Devastated	c. Annihilated	d. Exasperated	e. Pervaded
6. a. Shelter	b. Reside	c. Refuge	d. Relish	e. House
7. a. Over	b. About	c. Aside	d. Into	e. Out
8. a. Gutted	b. Inflamed	c. Drowned	d. Attacked	e. Invaded
9. a. Pieces	b. Rags	c. Swatches	d. Samples	e. Models
10 a Fascination	b. Attachment	c. Affection	d. Affectation	e. Expectation

Speed Test 002

Link to original article http://goo.gl/klW0b                                          My Time: 2 min 17 sec

Days after tech tycoon Azim Premji officially announced he’d signed the Giving Pledge, the Indian billionaire made his biggest philanthropic donation ever: Premji, ranked as India’s third richest person with a fortune of over $13 billion, announced Friday that he is donating $2.2 billion, or a 12% stake, in his IT outsourcer Wipro, to a trust to fund his education-focused Azim Premji Foundation.

The donation of 295.5 million shares brings down Premji’s stake in Wipro from 70% to 58% and increases the charitable trust’s holding in the company to close to 20%. The billionaire’s latest act of charity comes on top of an initial $125 million worth of shares in Wipro that he had earmarked to start the Foundation in 2001, followed by his gifting shares worth $2 billion to the trust three years ago which had made him Asia’s

most generous philanthropist.

With this new endowment, Premji, often referred to as India’s Bill Gates earlier for his tech wealth and now for his charity, joins the ranks of the world’s top five givers. Having donated $4.4 billion thus far, he’s given away more than Carlos Slim Helu, the world’s richest person, who’s gifted $4 billion to his foundation. “ This is a magnanimous, magnificent gesture. But I’m not surprised because Azim is a philanthropist at heart, “ said biotech pioneer Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Premji’s close friend.

Lately, Premji has emerged as one of the most outspoken and active among India’s wealthy on the issue of giving back. Last year in June, he co-hosted a philanthropy meet with Bill Gates in Bangalore which was attended by several of the country’s richest businesspeople. Recently, Premji caused a stir when he said that he supported a government proposal to tax the super-rich. In comparison to some of his fellow billionaires in India who splash out on palace-like homes and expensive toys, Premji’s lifestyle is modest; last year it is believed he traded his modest Toyota car for a Mercedes Benz but a second-hand one.

Premji’s hometown of Bangalore, known as India’s tech capital, can now be regarded as the country’s philanthropy capital as well. Other large-hearted residents of this city who have earned billion dollar fortunes such as the founders of Infosys N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani and S.Goplakrishnan, are all notable givers. Premji’s friend Mazumdar-Shaw who donates half the dividends she gets annually from her firm Biocon has disclosed to Forbes that she’s pledged to give away 75% of her wealth: “ Azim has set a trend for others to emulate.”

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Q 1 In which city does Azim Premji live?
Q 2 What is the name of Kiran Majumdar Shaw's company?
Q 3 How much of her income from dividends from her company does Kiran M. Shaw donates?
Q 4 Including this present donation how many times has Azim Premji donated to his charity?







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Azim Premji Donates $2.3 Billion After Signing Giving Pledge,  Forbes.com, By Naazneen Karmali, Forbes Staff     2/23/2013


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