1 |
Education was a great drain on the family funds. |
Weight on
Strain on
Loss of
Misuse of
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2 |
Pasteur grasped the fact about his education. |
Tried to understand
Knew
Understood well
Learnt
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3 |
Pasteur's father brought a small tannery. |
Place where hides are tanned
Hospital
Leather shop
Metal shop
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4 |
Pasteur enrolled himself in the National Guard. |
Entered
Enrolled
Officially accepted
Employed
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5 |
The military did not enrol him. |
Accept
Welcome
Enlist
Employ
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6 |
Pasteur was born in quite humble circumstances. |
Situations
<sub>Conditions</sub>
Surroundings
Quarters
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7 |
Pasteur was born in quite humble circumstances. |
Bad
<sub>Harmful</sub>
Dangerous
Lowly (or ordinary)
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8 |
Unhealthy conditions made the insects liable to (or exposed to) the disease. |
In danger of
Open to the effects of
Afraid of
Frightened of
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9 |
The disease reappeared in the imported worms. |
Brought form other markets
Got from other provinces
Newly developed
Brought from another country
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10 |
Until 1849 the silkworm industry had flourished. |
Functioned
Grown
Worked
Operated
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11 |
He is best known to the man in the street by his work on disease. |
The labourer
The common person
The poor man
The worker
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12 |
The instruments are rigorously disinfected. |
Fully and exactly
Carefully
Strongly
Forcefully
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13 |
As a result of his brilliant researches inflammation was averted. |
Prevented
Stopped
Checked
Halted
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14 |
Surgeons were unwillingly (not willing to ready) to operate except as a last resort. |
The last point
The final idea
The important action
The last action
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15 |
Providentially, Pasteur's mind was not injured. |
Luckily
Happily
Truly
By change
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16 |
Pasteur and his adversaries repeated their experiments before a commission. |
Enemies
Rivals
Opponents
Competitors
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17 |
The French Academy offered a prize for the solution of the problem whether spontaneous generation was or was not a fact. |
Birth or coming into being
Birth without planning
Natural production
Production or birth without any cause
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18 |
The questions were to be asked by the teacher from the scholar and not vice versa. |
In different ways
The other way round
In extra ways
The first and last
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19 |
They refused to enrol Pasteur on the scorethat a half-paralyzed man was useless. |
For the reason
On the basis
On the point
In the situation
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20 |
At that time France was on a vergeof war with Germany. |
Threatened by
In the process of
On a notice of
Close to
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