1 |
Oasis means _________ |
barren land
sandy land
rocky land
fertile land
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2 |
Collapse means __________ |
catch
embrace
clasp
break down
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3 |
Oasis means ___________ |
barren land
sandy land
rocky land
fertile land
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4 |
Incredible means ___________ |
hard to believe
easy to believe
cradle
faithful
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5 |
Pounding means __________ |
soft
thumping
mild
benign
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6 |
Desperate means __________ |
smiling
laughing
shocking
satisfying
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7 |
Uncanny means _________ |
strange
familiar
known
famous
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8 |
Ardous means __________ |
strange
familiar
known
famous
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9 |
Vigilant means _________ |
careless
carefree
careful
caretaker
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10 |
Uneventful means ____________ |
worth-mentioning
important
useful
not worth-mentioning
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11 |
Trans-Sahara means _________ |
across the Sahara
over the Sahara
under the Sahara
in the Sahara
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12 |
Professor's __________ saved Christopher's life |
nearsight
foresight
indifference
intolerance
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13 |
Professor Claude very sensibly got in touch with the Desert _________ and they sent out four trucks |
petrol
pitrol
patrol
putroll
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14 |
The wire of the recording machine was very thin but it was about ___________ feet long |
400
600
800
1000
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15 |
Kidal was the last town on his route before ___________ itself |
Timbuktu
Boussaada
El-Golea
Tamanrasset
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16 |
The present storm fortunately was less _________ and lasted only half an hour |
elastic
drastic
sarcastic
gymnastic
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17 |
Such a sandstorm had completely buried a huge caravan of ______ camels without leaving a trace of them |
800
900
100
1200
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18 |
The next waterhole was two days away, and the travellers now had neither food nor _________ |
water
wine
cigarette
tobacco
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19 |
At this point _________ large vultures were discovered |
ten
twenty
thirty
forty
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20 |
The start was made at dawn, Boubaker and Christopher each on a _________ |
cured
secured
endured
lured
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