Saturday, 4 March 2017

CLOSE TEST 2

                                                                       Passage 2


                             The latest stage of the continuing  (1)   between India
                              and the United States on the nuclear issue is now
                             punctuated with pleasing diplomatic observations. Our
                              latest round of talks with the American Deputy
                             Secretary of State is “positive and encouraging”. The
                             US Deputy Secretary of State remarked that “none of
                              us are pleased to have any clouds over the   (2)”. We in
                              India know that these clouds have     (3)    towards the
                             subcontinent from the West. The US can easily
                              disperse the clouds if it wants. But the economic
                              sanctions are still in place.The US is only   (4)    trying to
                              come to the terms with the facts that the nuclear weapons
                               are not the    ( 5)    of the permanent members of  the security 
                               council.If they do not recognize India
                               as a nuclear power, then what is it that they are   (6)
                               to? India will not    (7)   by their de-recognising the nuclear
                               tests. Both sides can happily close   (8)    eyes and agree
                                  to    (9)   what has happened. The fact that India is a
                              sovereign nation, entitled to take decision beneficial
                               for its own security, has not been altered by the tests.
                             The US has come round to   (10)    that India has some
                                say in the matter.
                           1.   1) adversaries    2) negotiations
                                 3)    strifes     4) strategie 5)   disputes

                           2.   1) relationship 2) struggle
                                  3) matter 4) talks5) countries

                            3.   1) formed 2) eclipsed
                                  3) reined 4) covered
                                  5) floated

                          4.   1) spontaneously 2) generously
                                3) grudgingly 4) gracefully5) willingly

                         5.        1) threats 2) creations
                                   3) properties 4) monopoly5) possessions

                        6.    1) prepared 2) objecting
                               3) pointing 4) clinging 5) planning

                        7.    1) gain 2) differ
                               3) flourish 4) suffer 5) develop

                        8.    1) their 2) our
                               3) naked 4) inward  5) both

                        9.    1) imitate 2) undo
                               3) cherish 4) reiterate
                               5) ignore

                     10.     1) expecting 2) suspecting
                               3) accepting 4) advocating

                               5) rejecting
                          


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