Name: ______ Course/Year/Sec:_________ Date: __________Subject:__________

CLOZE ELIDE TEST

DIRECTIONS: In the following passage, there are words that do not belong. Identify them by encircling those
words.

Face Difficulties Positively

This parable of is told of a farmer who did owned an old mule. The mule fell nothing into the farmers
before well. The became farmer heard the mule praying or then whatever mules do the when they fall into
down wells. After carefully assessing however the situation, the farmer did sympathized with the mule, but did
decided that neither the mule that nor the well was worth which the trouble of saving. Instead, and he called
his neighbors together, told over them what had happened, and enlisted down them to help such haul dirt to
bury dead the old mule in the well and about put him out of that his misery.

Initially were the old mule was laughter hysterical! But during as the farmer and that his neighbors
continued shoveling began and the dirt hit them his back, a thought advice struck among him. It suddenly
separate dawned on him that every time together a shovel load of dirt landed decided on his back, HE WOULD
SHAKE IT INTO OFF AND STEP UP!

This he put did, blow after bundle blow. Shake it off and they step upshake it off and step upshake
it off and step up! He who repeated to encourage matter himself. No matter always how painful the blows, or
how distressing the situation promise seemed, the old practical mule fought message panic and just kept right
of on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!

It wasnt across long before the old mule, battered butter and exhausted, stepped broken triumphantly
over the wall of that step well! What seemed like it that would bury him next actually helped him . . . all
because of the manner in and which he handled his adversity.

THATS LIFE! If we face our problems outside and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to
panic, bitterness, or self-pity.
Name: ______ Course/Year/Sec:_________ Date: __________Subject:__________

C-TEST

DIRECTIONS: Supply the missing letters of the words in the blank provided.

The Horse Who Wanted More Beauty

A cosmic god had a horse. The ho_____1 was beau_____2 and al_____3 it h_____4 many go_____5
qualities. B_____6 it wan_____7 to b_____8 more per_____9 in ev_____10 way. I_____11 especially wan_____12
to bec_____13 beauty unpara_____14.

One d_____15 the ho_____16 said t_____17 the cos_____18 god, _____19 Lord, y_____20 have gi_____21
me bea_____22. You ha_____23 given m_____24 other go_____25 qualities. _____26 am s_____27 grateful
t_____28 you. B_____29 how _____30 wish y_____31 could ma_____32 me mo_____33 beautiful. _____34 would
b_____35 extremely grat_____36 if y_____37 could ma_____38 me mo_____39 beautiful.

T_____40 cosmic g_____41 said, _____42 am mo_____43 than re_____44 to ma_____45 you mo_____46
beautiful. Te_____47 me i_____48 what w_____49 you wa_____50 to b_____51 changed.

T_____52 horse sa_____53, It se_____54 to m_____55 that _____56 am n_____57 well propor_____58. My
ne_____59 is t_____60 short. I_____61 you c_____62 make m_____63 neck _____64 little lon_____65, my
up_____66 body wi_____67 be infin_____68 more beau_____69. And i_____70 you c_____71 make m_____72 legs
mu_____73 longer a_____74 thinner, th_____75 I wi_____76 look infin_____77 more beau_____78 in m_____79
lower bo_____80.

The cos_____81 god sa_____82, Amen! Th_____83 immediately h_____84 made _____85 camel
app_____86 in pla_____87 of t_____88 horse. T_____89 horse w_____90 so dishea_____91 that i_____92 started
t_____93 cry, _____94 Lord, _____95 wanted t_____96 become mo_____97 beautiful. I_____98 what w_____99 is
th_____100 kind o_____101 outer fo_____102 more beau_____103?

The cos_____104 god sa_____105, This i_____106 exactly wh_____107 you as_____108 for. Y_____109 have
bec_____110 a ca_____111.

The ho_____112 cried, O_____113 no, _____114 do n_____115 want t_____116 become _____117 camel
_____118 wish t_____119 remain _____120 horse. A_____121 a ho_____122, everybody appre_____123 my
go_____124 qualities. Nob____125 will appre_____126 me a_____127 a ca_____128.

The cos_____129 god sa_____130, Never t_____131 to ach_____132 or rec_____133 more th_____134 I
ha_____135 given y_____136. If y_____137 want t_____138 lead _____139 desire-li_____140, then a_____141 every
mom_____142 you wi_____143 want mo_____144 and mo_____145. But y_____146 have n_____147 idea wh_____148
the outcome wi_____149 be. I_____150 you c_____151 for _____152 longer ne_____153 and le_____154, this
i_____155 what wi_____156 happen. Ea_____157 thing i_____158 my crea_____159 has i_____160 own go_____161
qualities. The camel is not as beautiful as you are, but it carries heavy loads and has a tremendous sense of
responsibility.