A cloze test involves a piece of text, from which a number of words have been removed.
The Cloze Test is intended to measure students’ ability to decode interrupted or mutilated messages by making the most acceptable substitutions from all the contextual clues available.
The principle of cloze testing is based on the Gestalt theory of “closure” (closing gaps in patterns subconsciously).
Cloze test is a complex type of sentence completion test. Here you will be given a passage with a few blanks. It will be followed by multiple alternatives for each blank space. This is a complex type question because it evaluates the candidate’s vocabulary power and his ability to judge the overall meaning of the given passage.