English » Cloze Test

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Salander sat for a while (1) _________ the telephone after Armansky hung up. She went to her work corner in the living room (2) ______ looked at the notes she had pinned up on the wall and the papers she had (3)_________ on the desk. What she had managed to collect was mostly press cuttings and articles (4)_________ from the Internet. She took the papers and dropped (5) ______ in a desk drawer.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

A

and

B

but

C

so

D

although