1 |
It was a kind of ____________ |
speech
drill
play
dance
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2 |
Subject, Verb, object, Relative clauses, conditional clauses, conjuctive and Disjunctive clauses! Each had its _______ and its bracket |
meaning
syllable
colour
pronunciation
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3 |
He took a fairly long sentence and broke it up into its ___________ |
comparisons
cosmopolitans
companions
components
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4 |
Not only did we learn English _________ thoroughly but we also practised continually English analysis |
parsing
paraphrasing
pressing
preciswriting
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5 |
The most disregarding thing was namely to write mere _________ |
French
English
Roman
Polish
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6 |
Mr. Somervell was charged with the duty of teaching the _______ boys |
cleverest
finest
stupidest
richest
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7 |
but I was taught _______ |
French
Latin
Greek
English
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8 |
Being so long in the lowest form, I gained an immense _________ over the cleverer boys |
disadvantage
advantage
cleavage
sewage
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9 |
I continued in this ________ situation for nearly a year |
unpretentious
pretentious
precautious
precious
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10 |
I was in fact only two from the ____________ of the whole school |
surface
bottom
top
beginning
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11 |
The names of the new boys were printed in the school list in __________ order |
queue
historical
alphabetical
chronological
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12 |
In __________ of his decision, I was in due course, placed in the third division |
contrary
context
correction
consequence
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13 |
All this when in Christian __________ only the rudiments of learning were known |
Asia
Africa
America
Europe
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14 |
Dutch scholar Dozy declared that nearly everyone could __________ and write |
sing
read
cook
sew
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15 |
In order to secure the first copy of the "Aghani" al-Hakam sent the author a _________ dinars |
hundred
five hundred
thousand
million
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16 |
Al-Hakam, probably the best scholar among Moslem caliphs, personally _________ several of these books |
used
destroyed
sold
tore
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17 |
The books thus gathered numbered 400,000, their titles filling a catalogue of ________ volumes |
ten
forty four
twenty two
five
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18 |
Al-Hakam was a lover of _________ |
horses
buildings
books
mosques
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19 |
Al-Hakam, Abd-al-Rahman's successor, was himself a ___________ and patronized learning |
warrior
builder
painter
scholar
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20 |
Spanish gardens have preserved to this day a _________ character |
Moorish
British
French
Dutch
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