Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….20…..] above
- A. career
- B. calling
- C. vacation
- D. routine
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….19…..] above
- A. barrage
- B. clutter
- C. rattle
- D. racket
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….18…..] above
- A. drain
- B. fatigue
- C. damage
- D. sprain
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….17…..] above
- A. by knock-out
- B. by a knock down
- C. by a punch-up
- D. by a punch down
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….16…..] above
- A. underrates
- B. overrates
- C. outclassess
- D. outfits
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….15…..] above
- A. levelled
- B. groomed
- C. sparred
- D. staged
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….14…..] above
- A. assailants
- B. disputants
- C. contestants
- D. brawlers
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….13…..] above
- A. bout
- B. match
- C. performance
- D. contest
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….12…..] above
- A. stage
- B. circle
- C. track
- D. ring
Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [….11…..] above
- A. agitators
- B. witnesses
- C. congregations
- D. spectators
Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people’s affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news ‘value’ for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others’ their joys and despair then become our own concern.
Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston
The author seems to suggest that curiosity is
- A. misleading
- B. inborn
- C. learned
- D. acquired
Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people’s affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news ‘value’ for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others’ their joys and despair then become our own concern.
Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston
From the passage, it can be deduced that curiosity thrives
- A. through conducts that are inimical to our activities
- B. if we are able to probe into what others are thinking
- C. only if we become suspicious of people's motives
- D. if the subject of discussion is of interest to us
Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people’s affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news ‘value’ for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others’ their joys and despair then become our own concern.
Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston
The word absorbed as used in the passage, means
- A. disturbed
- B. engrossed
- C. covered
- D. entailed
Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people’s affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news ‘value’ for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others’ their joys and despair then become our own concern.
Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
- A. Suspicion often stimulates inquisitiveness
- B. Every human conduct often gives rise to curiosity
- C. Our environment always inhibits curiosity
- D. Curiosity is effective where there is no room for it
The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
My house is a BUNGALOW
- A. Is my house a terrace ?
- B. was my house a bungalow?
- C. Is my house the bungalow?
- D. Is his house a bungalow?
The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
Lamide is VERY hostile?
- A. Is Lamide so hostile?
- B. Is Lamide friendly?
- C. Was Lamide very hostile?
- D. Who is hostile?
The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.
The car CRUSHED him.
- A. Who did the car crush?
- B. Did a car crush him?
- C. What crushed him?
- D. Did the car injure him?
For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s)
disagreement
- A. disAgreement
- B. disaGREEment
- C. DISagreement
- D. disagreeMENT
For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s)
obligation
- A. obliGAtion
- B. OBligation
- C. obligaTION
- D. obLIgation
For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s)
inoffensive
- A. inOFfensive
- B. inoffenSIVE
- C. inofFENsive
- D. INoffensive
For these questions, choose the option that rhyme with the given words.
crowd
- A. crow
- B. bard
- C. aloud
- D. crawl