1 |
According to the census, our population has more than doubled. |
Population situation
Population increase
Population count
Population record
|
2 |
Nine-and-a-half million people perished in a single famine which then swept North china. |
Disappeared
Went missing
Died
Became ill
|
3 |
Food shortage was averted by the shortage of food. |
Postponed
Checked
Prevented
Restricted
|
4 |
Widespread disasterwas averted (prevented) |
Great destruction or ruin of tragedy
Great damage
Great trouble
Big loss
|
5 |
Famine has been a problem since the very beginning of time. |
Shortages of water
Great food shortages
Absence of general facilities
Periods of hunger
|
6 |
You forgot all about those hunger pangs. |
Shocks
Wounds
Injuries
Pains
|
7 |
It was an_________ activity. |
Complex
Arduous
Tiresome
Painful
|
8 |
One more language can be learnt as __________ |
A treat
An entertainment
Game
A help
|
9 |
He broke up the sentence into its __________ |
Sections
Elements
Bigger parts
Components
|
10 |
He was _______ looking beneath the surface of thing. |
having the knowledge of
capable of
Having the practice
having the experience of
|
11 |
I did this after much_____________ |
effort
Struggle
Reconsideration
Reflection
|
12 |
These examinations were a great __________ to me. |
Challenge
Effort
Trial
Problem
|
13 |
I am ______ in favour of boys learning English |
Biased
Badly
Strangely
Not Always
|
14 |
We were considered ___ |
unintelligent students
Dunces
Weak students
Hopeless students
|
15 |
We learnt English |
Dividing sentencess into subjects and predicates.
Explaining kinds of parts of speech
analyiss
Telling about different kinds of sentences
|
16 |
We learnt English _____________ |
parsing
Rejected
Refused
Belittied
|
17 |
Writing English was the most _________ thing a Harrow at that time. |
Rejected
Refused
Belittled
Disregarded
|
18 |
___ his decision, I was placed in the third division |
Finally
In consequence of
At last
For this reason
|
19 |
it goes to his _______ that he looked beneath the surface of things. |
Success
goodness
creadit
nobility
|
20 |
this was__ because I was found unable to answer a single question in the Latin paper. |
Unpleasant
Harmful
Unacceptable
Remarkable
|