1 |
Friendless and penniless, he _______ southward. |
Set out
Journeyed
Moved
went
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2 |
The sufferer becomes___________ and feels very ill |
weak
depressed
unable to move
unable to eat
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3 |
The _____ in the death rate was followed by the reduction in the birth rate. |
Decline
Loss
Fall
Downfall
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4 |
The number of people in the world is ____________ increasing |
Dangerously
Shockingly
Rapidly
Horribly
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5 |
The ports could not_________ all the ships bringing the cargoes. |
cope with
manage with
help
serve
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6 |
Food storage can mean___________ |
Serious hunger
slow death
Starvation
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7 |
Reduction in the death rate means reduction in___________ |
Mortality
Troubles caused by death
Pains
Diseases
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8 |
The gap in living standard is ___________ to increase in an underdeveloped country. |
Bound
Not
Not possible
Less likely
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9 |
Most people_______ older people cannot read or write in an underdeveloped country. |
All
A few
Particularly
Perhaps
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10 |
An underdeveloped country is one which is with ______ supplies of power and lights. |
Incomplete
Inadequate
Without two or three
Without many
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11 |
an underdeveloped country is one which is __________ factories. |
without
without two or three
without many
lacking
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12 |
Many countries have carried out _ programmes to free their countrymen of yaws. |
Massive
Well-known
Successful
Old
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13 |
The death rate was reduced by one-third in two years by greatly reducing ________ from malaria. |
Troubles
Mortailty
Shocks
Suffering
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14 |
Asia and the Far East the death rate has been reduced_____ |
Rapidly
Constantly
Forecefully
Effectively
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15 |
Widespread disaster was ____ by the storage of food. |
opposed
resisted
slowed down
averted
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16 |
Widespread _________ was averted by the storage of food. |
disaster
tragedy
killing
destruction
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17 |
Corn is __________ and food is lacking |
Scarce
Absent
Not available
Now here
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18 |
We must at the same time make every effort to encourage __________ of families |
expansion
enlargement
limitation
enrichment
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19 |
We must do in the mean time is to keep _________ as many people as we can |
alert
active
senseless
alive
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20 |
We were creating a situation which encourages the ________ to make war on the rich |
land lords
poor
mill owners
industrialist
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