English Quiz 2017 - Cloze Test - Set 9

Calculations that previously look more than 20 hours to complete using the banks' own systems are now done in 20 minutes. Big banks are also renting resources in the cloud ____ (1) they need safe test environments in which they ___ (2) mirror their own computer systems and then make-changes ____ (3) updates without the risk of crashing the ____ (4) bank. Many banks are reconfiguring their ____ (5) computer systems into private clouds - a hybrid ____ (6) in which they have sole use of a data centre. But they ____ (7) some benefits from using software and systems that run public clouds. ___ (8) are however concerns about cloud computing. One is the ___ (9) over security and data protection. For small banks with ___ (10) resources, the large data centres provided by firms such as Microsoft are probably safer and more reliable than any they could build themselves. But large banks which have already but secure data centres remain reluctant to hand over client data to outsiders.

1. 1) that 2) when 3) though 4) later 5) perhaps

2. 1) able 2) try 3) want 4) can 5) capable

3. 1) not 2) other 3) only 4) to 5) or

4. 1) disagree 2) collapse 3) entire 4) default 5) best

5. 1) some 2) specially 3) fully 4) own 5) bulk

6. 1) crop 2) power 3) circuits 4) step 5) degree

7. 1) basic 2) arise 3) originate 4) derive 5) advantage

8. 1) Then 2) There 3) What 4) Where 5) This

9. 1) concern 2) thought 3) take 4) wrong 5) anxious

10. 1) limited 2) inadequately 3) reduce 4) restrict 5) failed