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: L
uck
- 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: G
uard
- 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: B
eer
- 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: N
ine
- 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: B
ear
- 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