Cloze Test – Test 100

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

The Asian Century is the projected 21st-century dominance of Asian politics and culture, assuming certain demographic and economic trends (21) The concept of Asian Century (22) the characterization of the 20th century as the American Century, and the 19th century as the Britain's Imperial Century. A 2011 study by the Asian Development Bank (23) that an additional 3 billion Asians could enjoy living standards similar to those in Europe today, and the region could account for over half of global output by the middle of this century. It warned, however, that the Asian Century is not preordained. In 1924, Karl Haushofer used the term "Pacific age," (24) the growth of Japan, China and India: "A giant space is expanding before our eyes with forces pouring into it which ... await the dawn of the Pacific age, the successor of the Atlantic age, the over-age Mediterranean and European era." The phrase Asian Century (25) in the mid to late 1980s, and is attributed to a 1988 meeting with People's Republic of China (PRC) leader Deng Xiaoping and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in which Deng said that 'in recent years people have been saying that the next century will be the century of Asia and the Pacific, as if that were sure to be the case. I disagree with this view.' Prior to this, it made an appearance in a 1985 US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing. It has been subsequently reaffirmed by Asian political leaders, and is now a popularly used term in the media.

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

The Asian Century is the projected 21st-century dominance of Asian politics and culture, assuming certain demographic and economic trends (21) The concept of Asian Century (22) the characterization of the 20th century as the American Century, and the 19th century as the Britain's Imperial Century. A 2011 study by the Asian Development Bank (23) that an additional 3 billion Asians could enjoy living standards similar to those in Europe today, and the region could account for over half of global output by the middle of this century. It warned, however, that the Asian Century is not preordained. In 1924, Karl Haushofer used the term "Pacific age," (24) the growth of Japan, China and India: "A giant space is expanding before our eyes with forces pouring into it which ... await the dawn of the Pacific age, the successor of the Atlantic age, the over-age Mediterranean and European era." The phrase Asian Century (25) in the mid to late 1980s, and is attributed to a 1988 meeting with People's Republic of China (PRC) leader Deng Xiaoping and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in which Deng said that 'in recent years people have been saying that the next century will be the century of Asia and the Pacific, as if that were sure to be the case. I disagree with this view.' Prior to this, it made an appearance in a 1985 US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing. It has been subsequently reaffirmed by Asian political leaders, and is now a popularly used term in the media.

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

The Asian Century is the projected 21st-century dominance of Asian politics and culture, assuming certain demographic and economic trends (21) The concept of Asian Century (22) the characterization of the 20th century as the American Century, and the 19th century as the Britain's Imperial Century. A 2011 study by the Asian Development Bank (23) that an additional 3 billion Asians could enjoy living standards similar to those in Europe today, and the region could account for over half of global output by the middle of this century. It warned, however, that the Asian Century is not preordained. In 1924, Karl Haushofer used the term "Pacific age," (24) the growth of Japan, China and India: "A giant space is expanding before our eyes with forces pouring into it which ... await the dawn of the Pacific age, the successor of the Atlantic age, the over-age Mediterranean and European era." The phrase Asian Century (25) in the mid to late 1980s, and is attributed to a 1988 meeting with People's Republic of China (PRC) leader Deng Xiaoping and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in which Deng said that 'in recent years people have been saying that the next century will be the century of Asia and the Pacific, as if that were sure to be the case. I disagree with this view.' Prior to this, it made an appearance in a 1985 US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing. It has been subsequently reaffirmed by Asian political leaders, and is now a popularly used term in the media.