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8th DecemberCloze Test The Hindu
A drone that ______(1)_____ over Japaneseemployees and
_______(2)_____ music to forcethem to go home was unveiled on
Thursday, asthe country tries to reduce its
notoriously______(3)______ work hours. The T-Frendbuzzes over those
_______(4)______ to work late,blasting out the strains ofAuld Lang
Syne , aScottish tune typically used in Japan toannounce that a
store is closing. You cantreally work when you think its coming
over anytime now and hearAuld Lang Syne along withthe buzz, said
Norihiro Kato, a director atTaisei, an office security and cleaning
firm thatco-developed the system. The drone is________(5)______
with a camera, which storesfootage on an SD card.
1. (a) showers (b) hovers(c) rovers (d) towers
2. (a) dispenses (b) play(c) creates (d) blares
3. (a) big (b) lengthy(c) great (d) long
4. (a) try (b) trying(c) think (d) thinking
5. (a) embedded (b) installed(c) equipped (d) traced
Parajumble SE418A. The 10-member group will evaluate how
technological advancements, particularly inwearable and portable
devices,
B. as well as suggest a policy frameworkkeeping in view the
interests of policyholders.
C. This apart, it would examine various aspectsthat are bound to
impact the pricing
D. Insurance regulator IRDAI has constituted aworking group to
examine the use ofwearable and portable devices in theinsurance
framework.
E. may be treated from a point of view of riskimprovement, risk
assessment anduse/distribution of such devices as part ofpolicy
design.
Basic Fillers11. You keep ________ the same subject, and
Iveasked you not to mention it again.A) bringing forward B)
bringing upC) bringing to D) bringing aboutE) bringing together
12. That shop down the road always ______ itsgoods well in the
window.A) shows B) reveals C) uncoversD) exposes E) displays
13. Please wipe your feet on the door ________before you come
in.A) mat B) rug C) carpetD) tile E) blanket
14. Although most of the children in the classwere rather dull,
there were one or two ________ones.A) light B) bright C) skilfulD)
wise E) thoughtful
15. The ________ with Charles is, he doesntknow his own mind.A)
upset B) trouble C) puzzleD) complication E) inconvenience
16. I hate January when all the ________ startcoming in. I never
seem to have enough moneyto pay them all.A) receipts B) accounts C)
estimatesD) bills E) lists
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17. The workers were ________ in their demandfor better
conditions.A) united B) combined C) joinedD) stuck E) attached
18. The judge ________ the criminal to twentyyears in prison.A)
condemned B) punished C) disciplinedD) inflicted E) sentenced
19. I want to know the answers to thesequestions, so I shall
have to look at the ________at the back of the book.A) index B) key
C) registerD) record E) table
20. I wouldnt like to spend a night alone in thathouse. It is
said to be ________ by a headlessghost.A) obsessed B) tormented C)
hauntedD) infested E) upset
Idioms Theory
1.Have a finger in every pieTo be involved in and have influence
overmany activities in an annoying wayYou cant make a decision on
any kind offunding without consulting him he has afinger in every
pie.
2.Put your finger on sthTo discover the what is wrong with
sthThere was something odd about him, but Icouldnt put my finger on
it.
3.Cling/hang on by your fingernailsTo avoid danger or
failureWere hanging on by our fingernails andhoping that it rains
before we lose our entirecrop.
4.Hang/hold fireTo delay or be delayed in taking actionThe
project h had hung fire for several yearsfor lack of funds.
5.Be first among equalsTo be more important or have
moreresponsibilityThe chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
wasalways considered first among equals.
6.Be first past the postFirst to achieve sth in a competitionThe
Russian team were first past the post inthe race to complete the
expedition.
7.First and foremostMore than anything elseIn order to be
successful a film has to be, firstand foremost, a good story.
8.Of the first waterOf the best or most extreme kindHer husband
is a bully of the first water.
9.
Be neither fish nor fowlNeither one thing nor anotherThe
hovercraft has always suffered from thefact that it is neither fish
nor fowl.
10.If the hat/shoe fits, wear itIf a remark applies to you,
accept itI didnt actually say that you were lazy, but ifthe cap
fits, wear it.
AnswersCloze Test BDDBCParajumble DAECB
Basic Fillers - 11-B 12-E 13-A 14-B 15-B 16-D17-A 18-E 19-B
20-C
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Capital Crisis on US recognizingJerusalem as Israels capitalU.S.
President Donald Trumps decisionto recognise Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel,despite warnings at home and abroad, willworsen
the Israel-Palestine conflict. Jerusalem,which houses holy places
of all three Abrahamicreligions and is claimed by both Israelis
andPalestinians, is at the very heart of the dispute.Israel built
its seat of power in West Jerusalemdecades ago and occupied the
East during the1967 war, and later annexed it. Palestiniansinsist
that East Jerusalem should be the capitalof their future state.
Even though there is aCongressional resolution in the U.S.
urgingWashington to relocate its embassy from Tel Avivto Jerusalem,
previous American Presidentsavoided doing so given the legal,
ethical andpolitical implications of the issue, besides
theircommitment to a negotiated two-statesettlement. By breaking
with this consensus,Mr. Trump has in effect endorsed the
Israeliclaims to East Jerusalem. The decision willlikely help him
bolster his image among theJewish lobby in Washington as well as
Americanevangelical groups, his social base. Israel isobviously
happy. Though Arab countries havevoiced protest, they are unlikely
to challenge anAmerican decision. Mr. Trumps move raisesvital
questions about U.S. diplomacy in theregion besides putting new
roadblocks in thepeace process. It could be viewed as illegal asthe
Israeli claim that Jerusalem complete andunited is its capital has
been declared null andvoid by UN Security Council Resolution
478,which also asks member-countries to withdrawdiplomatic missions
from the Holy City. TheU.S. is now acting against the spirit of
thisresolution.
The Jerusalem gambit risks triggering anothercycle of protests
and repression in the OccupiedTerritories. In 2000, Ariel Sharons
visit to theal-Aqsa compound in the Old City sparked thesecond
intifada. Palestinians are expressingsimilar distress today. The
peace process is notgoing anywhere, while Israel has gradually
beentightening its occupation and building newsettlements. Hamas
has already called for athird intifada. In the longer term, Mr.
Trump has
just made the two-state solution morecomplicated. The
Israeli-Palestine conflict can besettled only after an agreement is
reached onthe status of Jerusalem. The city was not part ofIsrael
in the original 1947 UN plan to partitionPalestine. Jerusalem,
which was supposed to beruled by an international trusteeship,
wasconquered by Israel. This is why the UN has notrecognised it as
Israels capital. With his latestannouncement, Mr. Trump has
endorsed theoccupation. And in doing so, he has underminedthe U.S.s
position as a neutral broker in Israeli-Palestinian talks. In
short, he has dealt a blowto the peace process.
Daily Vocab The Hindu Editorial 8th DecCapital Crisis on US
recognizing Jerusalemas Israels capital
Worsen to become worse than it was before -
Annexed to take control by force; occupy - Urge try hard to
persuade - Endorse promote; support- Bolster to improve sth -
Gambit move Repression the act of using force to control agroup
Distress great suffering Conquer to defeat sb Undermine to make sth
weaker
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U.S. President Donald Trumps decision torecognise the disputed
city of Jerusalem revered by the Jews, Muslims and Christians as
the capital of Israel is a potentiallyprovocative move. The
controversialannouncement, a major pre-election plank,
haspredictably attracted widespread internationalopposition, both
from U.S. allies and leaders ofthe Arab world. The UNs 1947 plan
for thepartition of Palestine between the Arabs and theJews
provided for the international governanceof Jerusalem in view of
the citys centuries-oldreligious and cultural sensitivities. In
morerecent years, this historical context has fed intoa hard-line
religious nationalism in Israelipolitics, one that Jerusalem has
come tosymbolise.
When Mr. Trump signed an executive order inJune to keep the
embassy in Tel Aviv, his aidesdescribed the surprise move as a
delay ratherthan a reversal of the proposal to relocate
toJerusalem. That defence was not enough tosilence scepticism that
the constraints of officewould force Mr. Trump to defer the
decision inmuch the same manner that it forced hispredecessors
since the 1995 law on therelocation of the embassy. There has been
noindication so far of the factors that may haveinfluenced the
latest development. However, it istempting to speculate that at the
end of the firstyear of his presidency, and with little evidence
ofprogress on the peace process in West Asia, Mr.Trump had to
demonstrate some movementbefore the next six-month waiver on the
locationof the embassy.
A charitable reading of the announcement couldplausibly be made
from its ambiguity. To theextent that it makes a general reference
to thehistoric city of Jerusalem, it leaves open thequestion
whether the part alluded to is the eastor the west of the city. A
central aspect of theprevailing dispute between the
PalestinianAuthority and Israel revolves around the recentdivision
of Jerusalem. Israel occupied WestJerusalem in the 1948 war, soon
after theproclamation of a separate state. Following itsconquest of
the eastern part from Jordan in theSix-Day War of 1967, the entire
city has beenunder Israeli control. Since the 1993 Oslo peace
accord, the Palestinian Authority has pinned itshopes on
negotiating a restoration of control ofEast Jerusalem, which it
regards as its futurecapital. Even if President Trumpspronouncement
does not quite amount toprejudging the outcome of the stalled West
Asiapeace process, it has renewed long-standinganxieties over its
shape and direction.
Washington has been hostile to the growinginternational support
for the Palestine cause. Itopposed Palestines elevation as a
non-memberobserver at the UN in 2012, as well as itsadmission to
the UNESCO. Similarly, the morerecent U.S. decision to withdraw
from the Paris-based institution was in response to the
growingprotection accorded to Palestinian heritage sites,which it
viewed as an anti-Israel stance. Mr.Trumps moves would be watched
even moreclosely.
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