Directions(1-10): In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.
In economics, the term recession generally describes the
reduction of a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for at least two
quarters. A recession is ...(1)... by rising unemployment, increase in
government borrowing, ...(2)..., of share and stock prices, and falling
investment. All of these characteristics have effects on people. Some
recessions have been anticipated by stock market declines. The real – estate
market also usually ...(3)... before a recession. During an economic decline, high
...(4)... stocks such as financial services, pharmaceuticals and tobacco
...(5)... to hold up better. However, when the economy starts to recover
growth, stocks tend to recover faster. There is significant disagreement about
how health care and utilities tend to ...(6)... In 2008, an economic recession was suggested by several
important indicators of economic downturn. These ...(7)... high oil prices,
which led to ...(8)... high food prices due to a dependence of food production
on petroleum, as well as using food crop products such as ethanol and biodiesel
as an ...(9)... to petroleum; and global inflation; a substantial credit crisis
investment blanks as well ...(10)... as commercial banks in various, and signs
of contemporaneous economic downturns in major economics of the world, a global
recession.
1.
(1) imagined
(2)depict
(3) shown
(4) visualized
(5) characterized
2.
(1) Increase
(2) variance
(3) more
(4) decrease
(5) abundance
3.
(1) weakens
(2) intiates
(3) awakens
(4) strengthens
(5) volatile
4.
(1) maintained
(2) yield
(3) heavy
(4) result
(5) payment
5.
(1) are
(2) want
(3)tend
(4) yearn
(5) made
6.
(1) distribute
(2) recover
(3) wait
(4) increased
(5) fight
7.
(1) meant
(2) show
(3) numbered
(4) included
(5) encompass
8.
(1) fearful
(2) dangerous
(3) abnormally
(4) healthy
(5) nutritious
9.
(1) alternative
(2) variant
(3) substitute
(4) element
(5) integral
10.
(1) wealthy
(2) costly
(3) stand
(4) created
(5) established
ANSWERS -
1. 5
2. 4
3. 1
4. 2
5. 3
6. 2
7. 4
8. 3
9. 1
10. 5
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