Cloze - Ignorance In America

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surprisingly sought political while has their thinking coming   ; been was
It ___________taken years of indifference and stupidity to make Americans as ignorant as they Read moreare today. Anyone who has ____________ to teach the latest generations can tell you how much less students coming out of high school know every year. ___________ this was shocking at first, it no longer surprises college lecturers that the nice and eager young people enrolled in __________classes have no ability to understand most of the material being taught. Teaching American literature, as I have ________doing, has become much harder in recent years, since the students read little literature before ___________ to college and often lack the most basic historical information about the period in which the novel or the poem _________written, including what important ideas and issues occupied ________ people at the time. Not _____________, this ignorance has a profound effect on people'sinvolvement in the democratic process and their preception of the current ___________scene.


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  • 1. 

    It __________ taken years of indifference to make Americans as ignorant as they are today.

    Explanation
    this is a present perfectof the verb - have + past participle of the verb 'take'

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    Anyone who has ______________ to teach the latest generations can tell you how much less students coming out of high school know each year

    Explanation
    Present perfect of the verb 'seek'

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    _______________ this was shocking at first, it no longer surprises lecturers  that ..

    Explanation
    while is a linker of contrast in this case (synonym = whereas)

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    .no longer surprises lecturers that the nice and eager young people enrolled in ______________ classes have no ability to understand any of the material being taught.

    Explanation
    their - personal adjective referring to 'lecturers'

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    Teaching American literature, as I have______________ doing, has become much harder in recent years...

    Explanation
    present perfect progressive : have/has + been + ---ing

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    ... since the students read little literature before ____________ to college...

    Explanation
    the words before/after and without are followed by the ---ing form of the verb

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    ...and often lack the most basic historical information about the historical period in which the novel or poem ________ written

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    the book was written ... past simple PASSIVE

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  • 8. 

    ..including what important ideas or issues occupied __________ people at the time.

    Explanation
    thinking people ... people who think!

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  • 9. 

    Not ______________, this ignorance has a profound effect on people's involvement in the democratic process...

    Explanation
    remember the common adverb ending -ly

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    ..and their perception of the current _____________ scene.

    Explanation
    -al the common adjectival suffix e.g. international, natural, superficial etc.

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