Cloze Test – Test 28

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

The thing about trying to nail down a definition of hard work is that, as I mentioned, most of us already --21- we are hard workers. We went to college. We got good grades. We got jobs. We did exactly what our fathers and high school guidance counselors told -22- to do. We get out of bed, we go to work, we pay our bills, we keep ourselves and our homes neat and tidy, and we go to bed each night feeling somewhat exhausted.</br> But the problem with that conception of hard work is that it's not what all those successful people meant when they -23- you the advice "work hard and you can achieve anything." Most of what we do on a day-to-day basis is simply what we have to do -24-survive. Your job, your chores, your obligations to your family and the favors to your friends-that's not hard work. That's -25-work. That's your routine-the stuff that you and every other human being does every single day.

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

The thing about trying to nail down a definition of hard work is that, as I mentioned, most of us already --21- we are hard workers. We went to college. We got good grades. We got jobs. We did exactly what our fathers and high school guidance counselors told -22- to do. We get out of bed, we go to work, we pay our bills, we keep ourselves and our homes neat and tidy, and we go to bed each night feeling somewhat exhausted.</br> But the problem with that conception of hard work is that it's not what all those successful people meant when they -23- you the advice "work hard and you can achieve anything." Most of what we do on a day-to-day basis is simply what we have to do -24-survive. Your job, your chores, your obligations to your family and the favors to your friends-that's not hard work. That's -25-work. That's your routine-the stuff that you and every other human being does every single day.

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

The thing about trying to nail down a definition of hard work is that, as I mentioned, most of us already --21- we are hard workers. We went to college. We got good grades. We got jobs. We did exactly what our fathers and high school guidance counselors told -22- to do. We get out of bed, we go to work, we pay our bills, we keep ourselves and our homes neat and tidy, and we go to bed each night feeling somewhat exhausted.</br> But the problem with that conception of hard work is that it's not what all those successful people meant when they -23- you the advice "work hard and you can achieve anything." Most of what we do on a day-to-day basis is simply what we have to do -24-survive. Your job, your chores, your obligations to your family and the favors to your friends-that's not hard work. That's -25-work. That's your routine-the stuff that you and every other human being does every single day.