7. A Cloze-Elide automated testing system, comprising a test display surface containing a text of words, said text having inserted distractor words therein which are to be elided, said distractor words being positioned on said surface at respective predetermined surface positions, storage means for storing data representative of said predetermined positions, elide means for determining the positions of words selected to be elided from said text and for generating data representative of said determined positions, and comparison means for comparing said predetermined and determined positions and for providing a numerical indication of said comparison, thereby providing a test score representative of the accuracy of selection of said distractor words.
11. The system as described in claim 7, wherein said means for comparing comprises software controlled computer apparatus.