By Derrick Meador. Cloze reading is an instructional strategy where users are required to fill in the blanks within a passage with correct words from a word bank. Cloze reading is used to assess a student's understanding of vocabulary. STAR Reading is an online assessment program that embraces cloze reading passages.
Dowry has been a prevalent practice in India's modern era and in this context, it can be in the form of a payment of cash or gifts from the bride's family to the bridegroom's family upon marriage.he dowry system is thought to put great financial burden on the bride's family. In some cases, the dowry system leads to crime against women, ranging from emotional abuse, injury to even deaths.
Narendra Modi Bans Indiaâs Largest Currency Bills in Bid to Cut Corruption. Indiaâs prime minister, Narendra Modi, who campaigned on an anticorruption platform, announced a ban on the countryâs largest currency bills. Credit Amit Dave/Reuters. 1  NEW DELHI â Prime Minister Narendra Modi fired a direct shot at Indiaâs endemic corruption with a surprise move on Tuesday to ban the countryâs largest currency bills, starting the next morning.