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Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

Because the referee was partial and his opponent rough, the loser of the wrestling match received …. cheers than the winner

  • A. thunderous
  • B. many more
  • C. overwhelming
  • D. a little more
  • E. several
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23

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
…. mark an important step in the history of industrial revolution

  • A. The invention of the locomotive engine
  • B. The discovery of locomotion
  • C. The discovery of the engine
  • D. The process of locomotion
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24

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Granted you are my senior by one year, you cannot …. me around as if i were your servant

  • A. control
  • B. dribble
  • C. order
  • D. ask
  • E. compel
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25

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Although he is in all respects a poor student, he has managed to buy a tape recorder to improve his …. of french

  • A. mastery
  • B. mastering
  • C. speaking
  • D. ideas
  • E. thinking
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26

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
The managing director did not pay his staff last month ….?

  • A. didn't he
  • B. had he not
  • C. is not it
  • D. did he
  • E. has he
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27

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
I would not have condescended to appease the traffic policeman but i happened …. traffic regulation

  • A. to have broken
  • B. to be breaking
  • C. to break
  • D. to break in
  • E. to have evaded
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28

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

My father cannot bear the …. of the concoction that emanates from my mothers soup pot

  • A. sweet
  • B. savouring
  • C. aroma
  • D. smell
  • E. scent
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29

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Before we left the airport, each passenger was made to …. certain form

  • A. fill in
  • B. write in
  • C. enter in
  • D. go through
  • E. read out
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30

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
As luck would have it, the weather brightened almost immediately and after six hours flight we …. at Heathrow Airport

  • A. touched down
  • B. dropped
  • C. came down
  • D. flew down
  • E. stopped
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31

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Our plane was scheduled to …. at 10.00 hrs but it was delayed because of the bad weather

  • A. fly out
  • B. take off
  • C. start out
  • D. shoot off
  • E. lift off
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32

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
the frightening explosion in the factory …. whole wing

  • A. washed out
  • B. wiped out
  • C. rooted out
  • D. flushed out
  • E. cleared out
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33

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space

The traditional folktales form an …. to the book.

  • A. index
  • B. insertion
  • C. information
  • D. overview
  • E. appendix
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34

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
If i went to the cinema i …. early

  • A. shall return
  • B. am returning
  • C. would return
  • D. had return
  • E. may return
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35

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
Invariably, he ends his letters …. amicably

  • A. you
  • B. your's
  • C. yours'
  • D. yours
  • E. your own
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36

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
He went up quickly and returned ….

  • A. fastest
  • B. fastly
  • C. as fastly
  • D. as fast
  • E. in fastness
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37

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

For …. he is a secretary we shall not have correct minutes

  • A. because
  • B. as long as
  • C. so long
  • D. in as much
  • E. although
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38

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
His suggestion are completely …. the point and cannot be accepted

  • A. to
  • B. about
  • C. beside
  • D. on
  • E. under
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39

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

They …. receive visitors on short notice. 

  • A. use to
  • B. are used to
  • C. used to
  • D. are always
  • E. are use to
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40

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
He had just entered the office …. the telephone rang

  • A. as
  • B. before
  • C. since
  • D. when
  • E. until
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41

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;
He went abroad with a view …. a business partner

  • A. to find
  • B. to be finding
  • C. to have found
  • D. to finding
  • E. he will find
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42

Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

Remember this matter is strictly …..

  • A. between you and i
  • B. among you and me
  • C. among you and me
  • D. between you and me
  • E. between you and myself
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