1 |
He said, "During my ______ the Nile has not been in flood for seven years." |
- A. Reign
- B. Rain
- C. Rein
- D. Ruin
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2 |
Joseph's own ______ came to Egypt from Palestine to buy grain |
- A. Brothers
- B. Sisters
- C. Aunts
- D. Uncles
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3 |
Widespread <u>disaster</u>was averted (prevented) |
- A. Great destruction or ruin of tragedy
- B. Great damage
- C. Great trouble
- D. Big loss
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4 |
Corn is __________ and food is lacking |
- A. Scarce
- B. Absent
- C. Not available
- D. Now here
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5 |
Abd-al-Rehman ill was like his illustrious |
- A. Predecessor
- B. Father
- C. Grandfather
- D. Leader
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6 |
Hunger means never having enough to............. |
- A. Ate
- B. eat
- C. biten
- D. eaten
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7 |
China had ______ major famines in one country |
- A. fifty
- B. sixty
- C. eighty
- D. ninety
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8 |
The number of people in the wold is rapidly ________ |
- A. declining
- B. increasing
- C. receding
- D. lessening
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9 |
In Ceylon, the death rate was reduced by one third in two years by greatly reducing mortality from __________ |
- A. typhoid
- B. malaria
- C. Diphtheria
- D. Gout
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10 |
But even in these areas low death-rate __________ that the population is still growing fairly rapidly |
- A. mane
- B. main
- C. means
- D. men's
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