A thousand ways to pass basic english examination

21.choose the best option to fill in the gap. This area of town is beginning to look very …………… and impoverished
  • A. broken-down
  • B. put-down
  • C. run-down
  • D. marked–down
22.choose the best option to fill in the gap. In study hall I ………………. Paul Smith, who is captain of the swim team and one of the best swimmers in the state.
  • A. Sit besides
  • B. Sat beside
  • C. Have set beside
  • D. Sit beside
23.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Many 19th-century biographers _________ not on real facts.
  • A. Rely on their imagination
  • B. Relied on their imagination
  • C. Have relied on their imagination
  • D. Could have relied on their imagination
24.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Knock _________ you enter the head of department’s office.
  • A. As
  • B. When
  • C. Before
  • D. As when
25.choose the best option to fill in the gap. The patient is suffering from ________
  • A. reumatism
  • B. rheumatism
  • C. rheumantism
  • D. rehnmantism
26.choose the best option to fill in the gap. When he asked her to marry him, Ada was_____ than she had thought possible
  • A. happier
  • B. more happier
  • C. so happy
  • D. too happy
27.choose the best option to fill in the gap. He’s a cockney: he was born and _______ up in London.
  • A. bread
  • B. bred
  • C. brought
  • D. brought
28.choose the best option to fill in the gap. If Kennedy ________ been killed, he would have been president for four years.
  • A. had not
  • B. has not
  • C. hasn’t
  • D. hadn’t
29.choose the best option to fill in the gap. When his wife died, he was _______ with grief.
  • A. has been overcome
  • B. been overcame
  • C. overcome
  • D. overcame
30.choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined: Luck
  • A. lack
  • B. tum
  • C. Lock
  • D. Brother
31.choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined: Guard
  • A. Guide
  • B. Argue
  • C. Chat
  • D. Gourd
32.choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined: Beer
  • A. Fair
  • B. Bear
  • C. Pier
  • D. Pear
33.choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined: Nine
  • A. Pint
  • B. Gill
  • C. Pin
  • D. Click
34.choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined: Bear
  • A. Beer
  • B. Steer
  • C. Rare
  • D. Fear
35.choose the best option to fill in the gap. Since we were not given all the things we requested, we should ……with what we have
  • A. Make up
  • B. Make on
  • C. make do
  • D. make with
36.select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. He could not have rewarded them more handsomely
  • A. He did not reward them very well
  • B. He rewarded them well and he was also a good looking man
  • C. He rewarded them very well
  • D. He spoke to them in a very generous way
37.select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. My advice to Tolu was ‘look before you leap’
  • A. Tolu was advised to consider her options before reaching any decisions.
  • B. Tolu was advised to consider possible consequences before taking action.
  • C. Tolu was advised to weigh her decisions by looking and leaping.
  • D. Tolu was advised to leap only after looking.
38.select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. The official had allegedly been taking bribes.
  • A. Some people accused the official of taking bribes
  • B. The official had been taking bribes without feeling any guilt.
  • C. It was proved that the official had been taking bribes
  • D. The official accused some people of taking bribes
39.select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. Emeka hardly ever holds with my view on good governance.
  • A. Emeka sometimes opposes my idea of good governance
  • B. My view of what good governance is conforms with that of emeka
  • C. Emeka never really supports my opinion of good governance
  • D. Emeka may never hold a view which conflicts with mine on good governance.
40.select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. There’s a door at either end of the building.
  • A. The building has two ends and two doors
  • B. The building has two ends but only one door
  • C. The building has two ends but i do not know which of the two has a door
  • D. The building has many ends, each with a door