English » Cloze Test

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

There is so much (1) ______ and confusion in life today because the goal of human beings is not clear. Each person (2) ______ to fulfil his desires and dreams without (3) ______ the interest of the other. When we have a (4) ______ motive, we lose the sense of the higher objective of attaining happiness. Therefore, there is lot of (5) ______ in our life.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

A

selfish

B

selfless

C

noble

D

humane

Solution

the passage talks about losing the sense of hapiness that cannot come from a selfless or noble motive ,.so word used here should be a negative one.

selfish is the only such word

so option A is correct