Cloze Test – Test 6

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The word Buddha means The Awakened One, -21- from the Sanskrit root budh - 'to wake'. He is a man who has woken fully, as if from a deep sleep, to discover that suffering, like a dream, is over. The historical Buddha was however a man like any other, but an exceptional one; what he rediscovered was a way that anyone can walk, providing that they are so -22-. The historical Buddha Gautama was not the first Buddha. There had been others who had walked the way before him. He was not a god, a prophet or any kind of supernatural being. He was, as we have seen, one who was born, lived and died a human being. A remarkable human being, who -23- a way of achieving true wisdom, compassion and freedom -24- suffering. He 'rediscovered an ancient way to an ancient city' that had been covered up and forgotten. Through his own efforts he was able to find the way out of suffering to -25-, and those that have followed him have kept that way open.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The word Buddha means The Awakened One, -21- from the Sanskrit root budh - 'to wake'. He is a man who has woken fully, as if from a deep sleep, to discover that suffering, like a dream, is over. The historical Buddha was however a man like any other, but an exceptional one; what he rediscovered was a way that anyone can walk, providing that they are so -22-. The historical Buddha Gautama was not the first Buddha. There had been others who had walked the way before him. He was not a god, a prophet or any kind of supernatural being. He was, as we have seen, one who was born, lived and died a human being. A remarkable human being, who -23- a way of achieving true wisdom, compassion and freedom -24- suffering. He 'rediscovered an ancient way to an ancient city' that had been covered up and forgotten. Through his own efforts he was able to find the way out of suffering to -25-, and those that have followed him have kept that way open.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

The word Buddha means The Awakened One, -21- from the Sanskrit root budh - 'to wake'. He is a man who has woken fully, as if from a deep sleep, to discover that suffering, like a dream, is over. The historical Buddha was however a man like any other, but an exceptional one; what he rediscovered was a way that anyone can walk, providing that they are so -22-. The historical Buddha Gautama was not the first Buddha. There had been others who had walked the way before him. He was not a god, a prophet or any kind of supernatural being. He was, as we have seen, one who was born, lived and died a human being. A remarkable human being, who -23- a way of achieving true wisdom, compassion and freedom -24- suffering. He 'rediscovered an ancient way to an ancient city' that had been covered up and forgotten. Through his own efforts he was able to find the way out of suffering to -25-, and those that have followed him have kept that way open.