Cloze Test For SBI PO : Set 16

Fill up the blanks in the passage given be most appropriate word from the options given for each blanks:

Many parents greet their children’s teenage years with needless dread. While teens (1) assault us with heavy-metal music (2) outlandish clothes and spend all (3) time with friends, such behaviour (4) adds up to full scale revolt. Teenage (5) according to Psychologist Laurence Steinberg, has been (6) exaggerated. Sociologist Sanford Dombusch agrees. “The (7) that teenagers inevitably rebel is a (8) that has the potential for great family (9)” says Dornbusch. He believes the notion can (10) communication during this critical time for parents to influence youngesters.

1. (a) can

(b) must

(c) may

(d) should

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(c) may

2. (a) show

(b) dress

(c) put

(d) flaunt

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(d) flaunt

3. (a) her

(b) his

(c) their

(d) our

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(c) their

4. (a) sporadically

(b) always

(c) infrequently

(d) scarcely

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(b) always

5. (a) rebellion

(b) subversion

(c) mania

(d) revolution

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(a) rebellion

6. (a) always

(b) never

(c) greatly

(d) hardly

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(c) greatly

7. (a) complaint

(b) surmise

(c) accusation

(d) idea

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(d) idea

8. (a) myth

(b) story

(c) fact

(d) reality

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(a) myth

9. (a) ruin

(b) downfall

(c) harm

(d) defeat

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(a) ruin

10. (a) destroy

(b) suffocate

(c) damage

(d) injure

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(b) suffocate