1 |
Chips went for a cure to Wiesbaden River. |
Restoration to health
Rest
Change
Treatment
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2 |
The lamp boy would clean and trim the light lamps. |
Set
Fix
Adjust
Clip or cut
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3 |
There were tumultuous cheers. |
Troublesome
Disturbing
Noisy
Improper
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4 |
Chips's speech was made twice as long by the laughter that impeded its progress. |
Stopped
Disturbed
Checked
Jammed
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5 |
Chatteris accepted the situation wisely and courteously. |
Suitably
Poiltely
Respectfully
Honourable
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6 |
Ralston's successor was a man named Chatteris. |
Person coming after him
Person joining him
Person replacing him
Person displacing him
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7 |
Ralston claimed to have double the school endowment. |
Donation
Buildings
Area
Staff
|
8 |
There was such a spontaneous sympathy for Chips. |
Unexpected
Ready
Unplanned
Automatic or immidiate
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9 |
He found, rather to his astonishment, that Ralston was thoroughly unpopular. |
Shock
Great surprise
Great satisfaction
Joy
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10 |
Your lessons are the same as when as when your predecessor Mr.Meldrum came here. |
Senior
Officer
Superior
Earlier job-holder
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11 |
I'm a science man myself, but for all that, I have no objection to the classics. |
Stories and novels
Dramas and music
Ancient languages and literature
Old poems
|
12 |
At least Chips had something tangible he could tackle. |
Control
Handle or manage
Use
work on
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13 |
At least Chips had something tangible that he could takcle. |
Solid
Real and possible
Proper
Suitable
|
14 |
You stick to your old methods and the result is simply chaos. |
Trouble
Problems
Indiscipline
Disorder
|
15 |
It is a mixture of slackness and obstinacy. |
Anger
Noncoorperativeness
Opposition
Enmity
|
16 |
Chips began in sheer bewilderment. |
Disappointment
Confusion
Worry
Helplessness
|
17 |
Chips began in sheer bewilderment. |
Some
Clear
Complete
Near
|
18 |
And you said something about insubordination. |
Inexactness
Inaction
Disobedience
Irregularity
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19 |
You ignore my instructions in a way which, in a younger man, I should regard as rank insubordination. |
Question
Disregard
Reject
Challenge
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20 |
Your personal habits are slovenly. |
Horrible
Careless
Undesirable
Hopeless
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