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Selecting Words
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His father-in-law ...... him up in business.
Options
A. put
B. made
C. set
D. built
Correct Answer
set
Selecting Words problems
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1. If you persists in telling lies to me I shall sue you ...... slander.
Options
A. to
B. on
C. for
D. with
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Correct Answer: for
2. If you work beyond your capacity, you will naturally feel ......
Options
A. drowsy
B. tired
C. confident
D. giddy
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Correct Answer: tired
3. The machine is difficult to build ...... easy to maintain.
Options
A. but
B. and
C. for
D. if
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Correct Answer: but
4. This, partly, explains how the Mehta family has been able to ...... its lavish lifestyle in recent times, despite the fact that all its assets have been ......
Options
A. keep, removed
B. afford, attached
C. develop, liquidated
D. keep up, destroyed
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Correct Answer: keep up, destroyed
5. Life is to death as pleasure is to ......
Options
A. poverty
B. suffering
C. anguish
D. pain
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Correct Answer: pain
6. ...... works of reference are valuable as Encyclopedia, Brittanica.
Options
A. A few
B. Few
C. The few
D. Fewer
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Correct Answer: Few
7. This book is quite similar ......
Options
A. with the "Treasure Island"
B. of that film we saw at school
C. to the one I read last week
D. than a story told by our teacher
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Correct Answer: to the one I read last week
8. If our friends are not able to take us in their car, we must make ...... arrangements to go to the airport.
Options
A. alternative
B. another
C. alternate
D. possible
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Correct Answer: alternative
9. A crescendo of metallic thuds arose from the market, where the iron-smiths were ...... the pieces of metals.
Options
A. flattening
B. striking
C. hammering
D. thrashing
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Correct Answer: hammering
Explanation:
We use the word 'hammering' when we would like to say about the events related to metals.
10. I haven't eaten an apple ...... a long while.
Options
A. from
B. since
C. for
D. until
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Correct Answer: for
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