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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentences:
Jane asked James ....
Awhether could she meet him later
Bcould she meet him later
Cif she could meet him later
Dshe could meet him later
Ethat she could meet him later
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Question 2292
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
The chairman of the company was very sympathetic .... his staff
Ato
Bat
Cfor
Dfrom
Eon
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Question 2293
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
The project which seemed very near realization .... because of lack of funds
Afell over
Bfell through
Cfell off
Dfell in
Efell down
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Question 2294
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
Walking down the street ....
Athe boy was knocked down by a car
Ba car knocked the boy down
Cthe boy was knocked down by car
Da car collided with the boy
Ea serious accident happened
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Question 2295
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
The hill behind the town was so steep ....
Athat no man could find a foot-hold on
Bthat any man could find a foot-hold on it
Cfor no man to find a foot-hold on
Dthat no man could find a foot-hold on it
Efor any man to find a foot-hold on
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Question 2296
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
I saw you walking in that direction but i did not know exactly ....
Awhere are you going
Bwhere you were going
Cwhere were you going to
Dto where were you going
Ewhere you are going
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Question 2297
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
If he had left home earlier, he .... late
Awould not be
Bwould have not be
Cwould not been
Dwould have been not
Ewould not have been
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Question 2298
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
By the end of this year, .... in this town for eleven years
Ai'm living
Bi'd be living
Ci'll live
Di'll have lived
Ei have lived
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Question 2299
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
They went to the market and bought a suitcase and .... bag
Aa big leather brown
Ba leather brown big
Ca big brown leather
Da brown big leather
Ea leather big brown
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Question 2300
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
My little boy is suffering .... jaundice
Afrom
Bof
Cfor
Dwith
Eby
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Question 2301
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
The bridge connecting the two cities was .... by the enemy
Ablown up
Bblown down
Cblown off
Dblown over
Eblown away
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Question 2302
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Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:
....for the team for six years, he decided to join another
AWhen he played
BPlaying
CHaving played
DIn playing
Ewhen he was playing
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Question 2303
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Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions.
We visited the home of one boy. That's the boy I mean.
Athat's the boy whom we visited his home
Bthat's the boy whose home we visited
Cthat's the boy to whose home we visited
Dthat's the boy the home of whom we visited
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Question 2304
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'we must consciously try to establish an equilibrium," (line 8) implies that mankind must
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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature, that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But, when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death-rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. we must consciously try to establish an equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again
Arealistically find an equation
Bstrive not to be wasteful
Cdelibrately try to fight nature
Dtry to fight nature
Epurposely find a balance
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Question 2305
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'humane' as used in the passage means
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All over the world till lately, and in most of the world still today, mankind has been following the course of nature, that is to say, it has been breeding up to the maximum. To let nature take her extravagant course in the reproduction of the human race may have made sense in an age in which we were also letting her take her course in decimating mankind by the casualties of war, pestilence and famine. Being human, we have at last revolted against that senseless waste. We started to impose on nature’s heartless play a humane new order of our own. But, when once man has begun to interfere with nature, he cannot afford to stop half way. We cannot, with impunity, cut down the death-rate and at the same time allow the birth-rate to go on taking nature’s course. we must consciously try to establish an equilibrium or, sooner or later, famine will stalk abroad again
Asensible
Bwise
Chuman
Dbenevolent
Ethorough
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Question 2306
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Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
For all he cared, his parent might have been dead for years
Aalthough concern about his parent,he had been unable to find out if they were alive
BHe cared for no one except his parents, and it was possible that they had died long before
Che did not care whether his parents were alive or had died long before
DHe was concerned about everyone not just his parents, who might have died long before
EHe cared very much for his parents even though they were dead
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Question 2307
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Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
I can walk that distance and have done so many times
AI am used to walk that distance
BI used to walk that distance
CI used to walking that distance
DI am used to walking that distance
EI will walk that distance
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Question 2308
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Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:
The dog was limping. It appeared that one of its legs might have been injured
AThe dog was limping as if it had an injured leg
BThe dog was limping as it had an injured leg
CThe dog was limping so it had an injured leg
DThe dog was limping so as it had an injured leg
EThe dog was limping for it had an injured leg
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Question 2309
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Substitute for the underlined word in the following sentence the word that most closely expresses the opposite meaning:
The plaintiff made very cogent submissions to the trial judge
Abailiff
Bprosecutor
Clawyer
Ddefendant
Eaccused
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Question 2310
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Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
We got to the hall after the play ....
