CLOZE TEST
Here’s something for critics of globalization to chew on. _____(1)_____ in English-medium schools in India has gone up _____(2)______ in just two years, from 4.3 per cent of total enrollment in 2003-04 to 6.3 per cent in 2005-06. The surge in English enrollment _____(3)_____ it to third place after Hindi and Marathi, in terms of total number of Indian children being ______(4)_____ in that language. This shows that _____(5)_____ what parochially-minded politicians would have us believe about the allegedly elitist trappings of English language teaching, there’s actually a grass-roots movement favouring it.
1.
a) Advancement
b) Enrollment
c) Payment
d) Enchantment
e) Appointment
2.
a) bluntly
b) even
c) slowly
d) sharply
e) diversely
3.
a) Emancipates
b) Moves
c) Propels
d) Proceeds
e) Raises
4.
a) Studied
b) Followed
c) Instructed
d) Teaching
e) Learning
5.
a) In spite
b) Instead
c) Since
d) Despite
e) Whenever
The world’s top business schools and universities, for example, are increasingly moving towards ______(6)_____ English as the language of instruction. According to premier linguistic expert David Crystal there is no historical _____(7)_____ for today’s situation, where there’s a language that’s spoken in every country of the world: English. Within India states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are leading the _____(8)____ towards English, with the number of students enrolled in English-medium schools actually doubling within two years in AP. There has been no _____(9)_____ increase in Hindi-speaking states like UP, Bihar and MP. That’s not because people living in the southern states are less ____(10)____ of their culture than those in the Hindi heartland.
6.
a) Enacting
b) Adopting
c) Adapting
d) Framing
e) Misleading
7.
a) Example
b) Precendent
c) Monument
d) Evidence
e) Happening
8.
a) Purge
b) Urge
c) Surge
d) Merge
e) Competition
9.
a) Drastic
b) Significant
c) Comparable
d) Dramatic
e) Ranging
10.
a) Interest
b) Bother
c) Proud
d) Think
e) Boast
