Directions: In the following item, a CLOZE question is given with ten blanks, each with four options. Select the most appropriate word from the options which fills the blanks correctly, and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
__________ access to education, and non-equitable access to different types of providers.
CLOZE Question Solution: Understanding Education Access
Analyzing the Sentence Structure
The question asks us to fill in the blank in the sentence: "__________ access to education, and non-equitable access to different types of providers." The word that fills the blank needs to describe the noun "access". This means we need an adjective.
Evaluating the Options
Let's examine each option:
- Option 1: unequal - This is an adjective meaning not equal or fair. It fits grammatically before the noun "access".
- Option 2: inequal - This is not a standard English word in this context.
- Option 3: inequality - This is a noun, meaning lack of equality. It cannot modify the noun "access" directly in this sentence structure.
- Option 4: equal - This is an adjective, but the phrase "non-equitable access" later in the sentence suggests a problem with fairness, making "equal" the opposite of the intended meaning.
Contextual Fit
The second part of the sentence mentions "non-equitable access". This implies that the access described is not fair or balanced. Therefore, the first part of the sentence should also describe a similar state. "Unequal access to education" perfectly matches this context, indicating disparities in how people can access educational opportunities.
Conclusion
Based on grammatical rules (requiring an adjective) and the contextual meaning implied by "non-equitable access", the word unequal is the most appropriate choice to fill the blank.
Final Answer
The correct word to fill the blank is unequal.
Similar Questions
It is increasingly __________ that learning levels within many countries are highly unequal.
This __________ be happening because of institutional features of school systems, such as early streaming,
- regional diversity __________ expenditure or political engagement,
Among the developed countries, __________ with more equal
learning outcomes __________ have better average learning outcomes,
__________ that appropriate interventions in the education sector may have positive effects on both equality and the quality of education.
Economic inequality is associated with the distribution of __________ skills among adults, although the direction of causation is unclear.
- Arguably, __________ society will ever reach total equality in the learning outcomes of every individual.
__________ in learning outcomes may depend on individual ability and motivation as well as the type of background one comes from and the types of resources one has access to.
Important Questions from Cloze Test
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