English Past Questions And Answers
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). The man is refurbishing the flat with a view to ......it?
- A. sell
- B. selling
- C. have sold
- D. be selling
From the words or group of words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the one that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or group of words as it is used in the sentence.
The students wereincensedto hear that their school fees had been substantially increased.
- A. enraged
- B. disappointed
- C. displeased
- D. frightened
Choose the optionnearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The prosecutor was accused ofobstructing justice?
- A. hindering
- B. retarding
- C. impeding
- D. interrupting
The Pacific yew is an evergreen tree that grows in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific yew has a fleshy, poisonous fruit. Recently, taxol, a substance found in the bark of the Pacific yew, was discovered to be a promising new anticancer drug.
- A. Taxol is poisonous when taken by healthy people.
- B. Taxol has cured people from various diseases.
- C. People should not eat the fruit of the Pacific yew.
- D. The Pacific yew was considered worthless until taxol was discovered.
Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.
The secretary and treasurer did not do ____ job.
- A. their
- B. all of the above
- C. none of the above
- D. his
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) whichbest fill(s) the gap: He .... during the whole of last month
- A. was sick
- B. has been sick
- C. had been sick
- D. had sicken
choose the option that best answers the question from the options lettered A-D
The Parents Teachers Association promised to build a CAFETERIA.
- A. Does the alumni association promised to build a cafeteria?
- B. Does the school authority promised to build a library?
- C. Did the parents teachers association promise to build a library?
- D. Does the parents teachers association promised to demolish a cafeteria?
The angry woman shouted and cursed in language................shocking for words.
- A. very
- B. far
- C. so
- D. too
From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.
Older people are expected to be ________ where youths aregreen.
- A. experienced
- B. cautious
- C. equipped
- D. considerate
Write an article suitable for publication in a national newspaper on the growing incidence of drug abuse among the youth, stating the causes and suggesting ways it can be curbed.
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