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Cloze Test-1

Chocolate is made from the fruit of cacao trees grown in Central
Verilen parçalarda numaralandırılmış yerlere uygun düşen and South America. The fruits of those trees are called pods,
sözcük veya ifadeyi bulunuz. and each of them holds around 40 cacao beans which are

dried and roasted after harvest to produce cacao beans. It’s
For the flower gardens in Keukenhof, (1) _______ were realised unclear (6) _______ when cacao came on the scene or who
as the idea of the Governor of Lisse in 1949, dozens of Dutch
invented it. According to Hayes Lavis, cultural arts curator for
specialist flower growers and sellers cooperated. The open-air
the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian,
flower exhibition, which (2) _______ with the aim of displaying the
archaeologists detected lines of theobromine, a stimulant
flowers they grew with the new generation seeds and for flower compound found (7) _______ chocolate and tea, in historical
lovers to see this magnificent beauty and buy flowers, has been
Olmec pots and vessels from around 1500 BC. It’s believed the
the largest spring exhibition in the world for 70 years. Open from
Olmecs used cacao to create a ceremonial drink. However, since
late March to May, the best time (3) _______ Keukenhof is mid-
they (8) _______ no written history, opinions differ on whether
April. The flowers in the gardens, where more than 7 million spring
flowers are planted, remain under care (4) _______ their colours they also used cacao beans in their concoctions or just the pulp of
the cacao pod. The Olmecs definitely passed on the knowledge
and beauty all season long. It is possible to visit the region by
of cacao to the Mayans, (9) _______ not only consumed
train or by bus, as well as by boat. Those who love spring flowers,
chocolate but worshipped it. The Mayan written history writes
especially tulips, should definitely visit the Keukenhof flower
gardens near Amsterdam (5) _______ witnessing this beauty, chocolate drinks used in celebrations. (10) _______ chocolate’s
importance in Mayan culture, it wasn’t consumed only by the
which does not fit in the photo frames, is a completely different
experience. wealthy and powerful, but readily by almost everyone. In many
Maya families, chocolate was served at every meal.
1. 6.
A) where B) who A) vaguely B) roughly
C) which D) what C) presumably D) harshly
E) whom E) precisely

2. 7.
A) was opening B) opened A) in B) on C) at D) from E) by
C) was opened D) opens
E) is opened

3. 8.
A) having visited B) visiting A) had kept B) kept
C) to have visited D) to visit C) were keeping D) were kept
E) visit E) have kept

4. 9.
A) by preserving B) preserve A) Where B) When
C) to preserve D) preserved C) Whose D) Who
E) with preserving E) Which

5. 10.
A) thus B) because A) Although B) While
C) therefore D) despite C) Due to D) Consequently
E) so as to E) Despite

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