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In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The president refused to shake …. with the visiting Prime Minister

  • A. hand
  • B. hands
  • C. a hand
  • D. his hand
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In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The carpenter asked for ten packets of …. nails

  • A. fifteen-centimetre
  • B. fifteen centimetres'
  • C. fifteen- centimetres
  • D. fifteen-centimetres'
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24

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The thief we caught yesterday was …. as an official of the company

  • A. disguised
  • B. concealed
  • C. masked
  • D. veiled
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25

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
My brother got married to a woman with …. manners

  • A. gorgeous
  • B. exquisite
  • C. decent
  • D. attractive
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26

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The helpless …. our sympathy

  • A. require
  • B. requires
  • C. does require
  • D. do requires
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27

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The army ran short of ….

  • A. arm and ammunitions
  • B. arms and ammunitions
  • C. arms and ammunition
  • D. arm and ammunition
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28

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The company was charged with a …. of contract

  • A. negligence
  • B. violation
  • C. disregard
  • D. breach
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29

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
No sooner …. to fall

  • A. did we set out when the rain had started
  • B. had we set out than the rain started
  • C. were we setting out than the rain started
  • D. we had set out when the rain started
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30

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Do you prefer ….. my rickety car?

  • A. going on foot to taking
  • B. to go on foot to taking
  • C. going on foot than taking
  • D. to go on foot than to take
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31

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Do you think all …. not enough to help the investigator?

  • A. these information is
  • B. this information are
  • C. this information is
  • D. these information are
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32

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The vermin on his body …. hideous

  • A. makes the lunatic look
  • B. make the lunatic look
  • C. makes the lunatic to look
  • D. make the lunatic to look
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33

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
He moved out of the house because the landlord and his wife were always fighting ….

  • A. them selves
  • B. theirselves
  • C. each other
  • D. one another
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34

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
You think she hasn’t got any friends? Of course she’s got ….

  • A. many more
  • B. quite much
  • C. quite a few
  • D. few
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35

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
After a long talk with the police, Baba confessed his guilt and so the other boys with whom he was accused were ….

  • A. vindicated
  • B. consoled
  • C. convinced
  • D. exonerated
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36

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The secretary was blamed …. the untidy state of the office

  • A. for
  • B. about
  • C. over
  • D. on
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37

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
When he joined the staff of the school, he had various duties …. to him

  • A. detailed
  • B. assigned
  • C. prescribed
  • D. enlisted
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38

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
When the teacher asked him to join the queue outside, he considered it …. to his dignity

  • A. an attack
  • B. an insolence
  • C. an affront
  • D. a disrespect
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39

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
The …. discouraged me from reading it

  • A. story's lengths
  • B. length of the story
  • C. story length
  • D. stories length
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40

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
You should not need …. twice

  • A. to tell
  • B. telling
  • C. tell
  • D. to have been told
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41

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
They spent the last holiday with their ….

  • A. sister in-law
  • B. sisters-in-law
  • C. sisters-in-laws
  • D. sisters-inlaw
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42

In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Some of the food …. spoilt

  • A. is
  • B. are
  • C. were
  • D. have
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