GUIDED CLOZE

From question 1 10, complete the following extract by circling the most suitable answer (A, B, C
or D) for each missing blank.

Chinas ban on ivory trading and processing has been 1. ____ as a monumental step on the path
to saving elephants from extinction. But if China does not simultaneously 2. ____ its much larger
illegal trade in ivory, the ban could perversely make it more lucrative for the poaching gangs
who massacre Africas elephants and ship their 3. ____ to Asia.

The number of legal businesses being shut down is 4. _____ small. The plan, announced on 30
December by Chinas central government, will close a portion of its 34 5. _____ carving factories
and 130 6. _____ before the end of March 2017. The rest will be forced shut by the end of the
year.

Ivory in those factories and retailers is not supposed to come from 7. ____ elephants although
some contraband is known to 8. ____ the legal market. Instead legal ivory carvers are supplied by
government-controlled stockpiles that mostly 9. ____ up before an international trade ban was
implemented in 1989. So the shut down will not 10. ____ stop elephants from being killed.

(Extracted from The Guardians)

1. A. dismissed B. hailed C. accepted D. considered

2. A. resolve B. cope C. tackle D. obstruct
3. A. tusks B. paws C. pangs D. claws
4. A. relatively B. quantiatively C. merely D. definitely
5. A. legalized B. licensed C. recognized D. accepted
6. A. shops B. dealers C. retailers D. manufacturers
7. A. slaughtered B. annihilated C. hunted D. poached
8. A. disband B. infiltrate C. disorder D. gate-crash
9. A. saved B. piled C. stocked D. built
10. A. steeply B. eventually C. gradually D. directly
 CORRECT ANSWER:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

EXPLANATION:
1. Hailed as = be saluted. Dismissed as = be disregarded as.
2. Tackle is the most suitable word here. Resolve means making the firm decision.
However, looking through the text, there is no indication that the decision from the
authority is fixed. Therefore, A is not correct.
3. Tusk is related to the horn of an elephant or rhinocero, materials used in ivory.
4. Relatively means quite here. The number is not definite so D is not correct. Merely
is too small to be precise here.
5. Only the word licensed here interpreted the legality of these factories. Choosing
legalize here may cause some confusions as reader find that these factories have been
illegally constructed before.
7. Poach means illegally hunt. The word hunt, hence, did not express fully the meaning.
8. Infiltrate can be understood as acting as a person who may gain access to the activity of
another company, group (usually rival).

EXTRA!
Given the bold word in the end of each sentence, rewrite it.
1. I wasnt expecting Donald Trump being saluted and welcomed as if he was a hero in our
country (hailed).
2. The IMC Company is now responsible for letting their employess spy on their rival, the ABC.
(infiltrate/held).
3. You just cant rush once you apply for that company. It takes time. (steady).
4. Thousands of people lined up for the latest iPhone 6, which was released just yesterday!
(queued).
5. Wow! Your products are being sold at an ever-increasing rate. The sales are booming like
never before (hot).

SUGGESTED ANSWER:
1. I wasnt expecting such a person as Donald Trump being hailed as a hero in our country.
2. The IMC Company is now to be held responsible for having their employess infiltrate
their rival, the ABC.
3. You need to be slow and steady once applying for that company. It takes time.
4. Thousands of people queued up for the latest iPhone 6, which was released just yesterday!
5. Wow! Your products are selling like hot cakes, as never seen before.

(Other answers are accepted as long as the grammatical structure is correct and the
meaning of the whole sentence does not change itself)