Tibet and Buddhist Monks Cloze Test
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Most of Tibet is above 5,000 metres, and the ................. (1) mountains in the world, the Himaiayas, are in the south of the country. It is too cold to ................. (2) crops, but Tibetans keep yaks, which are ................. (3) big, hairy cows. They make tents and clothes from the skin of yaks, and they also make cheese ................. (4) their milk. Their favourite drink is tea made with yak butter. Buddhist monks in Tibet are ................. (5) lamas. The chief monk is ................. (6) as the Dalai Lama. Tibetans believe that when the Dalai Lama dies, he is born ................. (7) in a baby boy. The monks must search for the right baby. When they find him, he is taken from his family and ................. (8) to be the next Dalai Lama. Monks once had a very powerful ................. (9) in Tibetan society, so many men wanted to become one. It is believed that as many as 20 percent of men were monks in Tibet ................. (10) one time.
1. a. lightest b. fattest c. highest d. deepest
2. a. grow b. do c. take d. make
3. a. like b. as c. so d. that
4. a. to b. of c. from d. at
5. a. said b. called c. known d. spoken
6. a. called b. told c. named d. known
7. a. again b. over c. another d. other
8. a. made b. practised c. waited d. trained
9. a. situation b. location c. position d. work
10. a. in b. at c. on d. from
This question includes visual content: A printed text page with a fill-in-the-blanks paragraph titled or related to a topic about Tibet, followed by a list of 10 questions corresponding to the blanks in the text, each with four multiple-choice options (a, b, c, d).
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Tibet Reading Comprehension
For the first blank, we are talking about the Himalayas. Since they are famous mountains and the context mentions being above five thousand metres, the word highest is the natural choice.
1. The highest mountains...
Moving to blank two, the text says it is too cold to something crops. In agriculture, we use the verb grow for crops.
2. ...too cold to grow crops...
Blank three describes yaks as creatures that are similar to big hairy cows. The word like is used here to make a comparison.
3. ...yaks, which are like big, hairy cows.
In blank four, we are talking about what cheese is made of. The phrase made from is standard when discussing the source material of a product.
4. ...make cheese from their milk.
For blank five, it states that Buddhist monks are called lamas. This is a common way to introduce a specific title or name.
5. ...Buddhist monks... are called lamas.
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