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1. Cloze Test

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

The initiatives, led by Norman Borlaug, the "Father of the Green Revolution", who received the Nobel Peace Prize (21) 1970, credited with saving over a billion people from starvation, involved the development of high-(22) varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers. The (23) "Green Revolution" was first used in 1968 by former US Agency for International Development (USAID) director William Gaud, (24) noted the spread of the (25) technologies: "These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution. It is not a violent Red Revolution like that of the Soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of the Shah of Iran. I call it the Green Revolution".

2. Cloze Test

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

The initiatives, led by Norman Borlaug, the "Father of the Green Revolution", who received the Nobel Peace Prize (21) 1970, credited with saving over a billion people from starvation, involved the development of high-(22) varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers. The (23) "Green Revolution" was first used in 1968 by former US Agency for International Development (USAID) director William Gaud, (24) noted the spread of the (25) technologies: "These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution. It is not a violent Red Revolution like that of the Soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of the Shah of Iran. I call it the Green Revolution".

3. Cloze Test

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

The initiatives, led by Norman Borlaug, the "Father of the Green Revolution", who received the Nobel Peace Prize (21) 1970, credited with saving over a billion people from starvation, involved the development of high-(22) varieties of cereal grains, expansion of irrigation infrastructure, modernization of management techniques, distribution of hybridized seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to farmers. The (23) "Green Revolution" was first used in 1968 by former US Agency for International Development (USAID) director William Gaud, (24) noted the spread of the (25) technologies: "These and other developments in the field of agriculture contain the makings of a new revolution. It is not a violent Red Revolution like that of the Soviets, nor is it a White Revolution like that of the Shah of Iran. I call it the Green Revolution".

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