Cloze Test: Passage 1

The ___1__ to marriage in urban India is turning turtle. The financial imperatives of modern, urban living demand that both ____2__ should have a carrer.
The crunch comes when the carrer woman demands and entitry distinct from her husband and a measure of financial independence.

                The woman's __3__ is that the man as the bread-winner should be __4____ the household expenses, while what she earns is the jam over the bread and butter. And, she gets to choose the brand of jam.

                Mrinalini Singh, a manager with a high ___5_ company, says, "My husband earns enough  to keep the home __6__ burning. When I take on the responsibility of home as well as office, it is not just to sink in all the  money  I earn into the home kitty. I definitely want a __7___in where my money  goes. As a high profile executive, I need to keep up a certain__8___ personally as well as of my husband and children. I also need to _9__the image of my home because of the people who visit me. Where _10___would te money for all this come from?"

1. (a) demands                                  (b)economics                                    (c)attitude                         

2.(a)partners                                   (b)pairs                                              (c)couples                                   

3.(a) example                                    (b)idea                                             (c)stance                                

4.(a) shouldering                              (b)bearing                              (c)sharing                                               

5.(a)powered                                    (b)profile                                         (c)income                                               

6.(a)cooking                                       (b)stove                                             (c) fires                                  

7.(a)say                                                (b)answer                                      (c)statement                                         

8.(a)reputation                                 (b)image                                         (c)face                                      

9.(a)keep up                                      (b)keep on                                     (c)keep for                                            

10.(a)from                                          (b)else                                              (c) for                                      

The ___1__ to marriage in urban India is turning turtle. The financial imperatives of modern, urban living demand that both ____2__ should have a carrer.
The crunch comes when the carrer woman demands and entitry distinct from her husband and a measure of financial independence.

                The woman's __3__ is that the man as the bread-winner should be __4____ the household expenses, while what she earns is the jam over the bread and butter. And, she gets to choose the brand of jam.

                Mrinalini Singh, a manager with a high ___5_ company, says, "My husband earns enough  to keep the home __6__ burning. When I take on the responsibility of home as well as office, it is not just to sink in all the  money  I earn into the home kitty. I definitely want a __7___in where my money  goes. As a high profile executive, I need to keep up a certain__8___ personally as well as of my husband and children. I also need to _9__the image of my home because of the people who visit me. Where _10___would te money for all this come from?"

1. (a) demands                                  (b)economics                                    (c)attitude                         

2.(a)partners                                   (b)pairs                                              (c)couples                                   

3.(a) example                                    (b)idea                                             (c)stance                                

4.(a) shouldering                              (b)bearing                              (c)sharing                                               

5.(a)powered                                    (b)profile                                         (c)income                                               

6.(a)cooking                                       (b)stove                                             (c) fires                                  

7.(a)say                                                (b)answer                                      (c)statement                                         

8.(a)reputation                                 (b)image                                         (c)face                                      

9.(a)keep up                                      (b)keep on                                     (c)keep for                                            

10.(a)from                                          (b)else                                              (c) for