AEIS English. Admission to Singapore Secondary 2 English Test. Sample test.新加坡入学英语考试–录取中二级.模拟考试.2/2

Grammar Cloze (15 marks)
Fill in each blank with the correct word.

Which of our senses is most important? Different people would put differing values (1) . . . . . . .  (in/on/for) the different senses. However, one cannot dispute that (2) . . . . . . .  (a/an/the) loss of the sense of sight ranks high on the list of inconveniences caused. Our sense of sight is important because it almost immediately allows us to communicate (3) . . . . . . .  (on/for/with) one another. One can (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (send/sent/sending) a thousand signals from a consent to an acknowledgement through a single, visible nod.

(5) . . . . . . .  (For/With/Due) the loss of the sense of sight, some people would have lost their means of communicating. That is, before Braille came (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . (for/in/into) the picture. Braille enables the visually impaired to communicate (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . (together/with/for) the world and to receive other people’s messages.

Braille is the language of the visually impaired. It was originally commissioned (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . (by/for/with) Napoleon for his soldiers. Napoleon had the foresight to create a form of language where his soldiers could use (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . (at/with/for) night, without light. Hence, the first Braille (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . (create/creating/created) was a transcript version of the French language. However, the first system which came (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . (on/about/forth) had very small dots. Our fingers are not (12) . . . . . . . . . . . . (make/making/made) to decipher very fine lines. Hence, the Braille script was improved upon to take this into account.

Nowadays, there are books written (13) . . . . . . . . . . . . (with/in/for) Braille. New technologies have been very helpful, phasing (14) . . . . . . . . . . . . (out/on/forth) the need for Braille. When a visually-impaired person types an email, the computer is able to read it (15) . . . . . . . . . . . . (out/with/to) loud for the person to double-check. For convenience, most lifts do have Braille embossed onto some essential tabs to help the visually impaired as well.