Read the passage given below and complete it by selecting the right words from…
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Read the passage given below and complete it by selecting the right words from the choices given to match them to the numbered blanks.
While a certain 101 attitude can be detected in the 102 of fast food in the narratives of the established 103 , the popular writings which appear in cookbooks and dailies 104 the virtues of fast food. A quick 105 through some of the recipes published in ‘Metro Plus’ in The Hindu, a 106 Indian newspaper, will show the importance given to the time 107 to cook as well as the appliances which are 108 in cooking. On the cover of a popular ‘Readymade Paneer’, I have come across the 109 ‘no cooking required’. All that is required is heating the food in a microwave oven. This is probably the other end of the 110 of food writing in India where minimalism has become the buzzword. More importantly, their entry into the group of Indian English writers also signals a significant shift in the way we look at Indian writing in English.
Choose the word that best completes blank 102.
Answer: A. description — ConceptIn a cloze test, the best word must satisfy both grammar and context. First identify the required part of speech, then test each word’s meaning and its…
- A.
description
- B.
painting
- C.
writing
- D.
More than one of the above
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: A
Concept
In a cloze test, the best word must satisfy both grammar and context. First identify the required part of speech, then test each word’s meaning and its natural collocation with the surrounding words.
A noun after ‘the’ can be grammatically possible, but only a noun whose usual meaning forms a coherent phrase in the sentence is contextually suitable.
Application
The frame is ‘detected in the ___ of fast food in the narratives’. The blank needs a noun naming how fast food is portrayed in narratives. ‘Description of fast food’ forms the natural phrase and preserves the intended meaning.
Contrast
‘description’: an account or portrayal of fast food, which matches the narrative context.
‘painting’: a visual artwork or the act of making one, which does not fit a discussion of narratives here.
‘writing’: written composition; idiomatic English would normally use ‘writing about/on fast food’, not ‘writing of fast food’ for this meaning.
‘More than one of the above’: the alternatives do not supply two equally natural contextual completions.
‘None of the above’: one listed word does form a grammatical and coherent phrase.
Cross-check
Substituting the word gives ‘the description of fast food in the narratives’, an idiomatic noun phrase that connects the authors’ narratives with their portrayal of fast food.
Therefore, the word that best completes blank 102 is ‘description’.