Chapter 1 - Cloze Deletion

Question 1

Ralph had been deceived before now by the _________ appearance of depth in a beach pool and he approached this one preparing to be disappointed.

Answer 1

specious

Question 2

With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding _________.

Answer 2

effulgence

Question 3

The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy
plaything; but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still _________ between him and Piggy, who in this context was an irrelevance.

Answer 3

interposed

Question 4

The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything; but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy, who in this context was an _________.

Answer 4

irrelevance

Question 5

There was a slight, _________ boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy

Answer 5

furtive

Question 6

The choir boy who had fainted sat up against a palm trunk, smiled _________ at Ralph and said that his name was Simon.

Answer 6

pallidly

Question 7

The difficulty was not the steep _________ round the shoulders of rock, but the occasional plunges through the undergrowth to get to the next path.

Answer 7

ascent

Question 8

_________ in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult moment, Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.

Answer 8

immured

Question 9

At last Ralph _________ him to hold the shell but by then the blow of laughter had taken away the child’s voice.

Answer 9

induced