Tuesday, November 18, 2014

English Quiz

Directions (1-15): In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Have you ever seen an elephant waiting ...(1)... a tent at the circus? He stands there ...(2)..., restrained by only a rope attached to a stake in the ground. Why does not the elephant just ...(3)... the stake up and run to ...(4)...? Certainly, he is ...(5)... enough to do so?


When the elephant is ...(6)..., the stake holds him. In fact the elephant tries ...(7)... to free himself, chaffing and cutting his leg in the ...(8)... .He soon learns not to try and pull up the stake and ...(9)... cannot rest of his life. Aren’t we a lot like that elephant? Are there things that are holding you back that really do not have the ...(10)... to do so?

Limits are thrown at us every day. Each day we have a ...(11)... to accept or ...(12)... them. This is an attempt made to attack the limitations that hold you back from ...(13)... all that you can be .I believe that each of us was made on purpose, for a ...(14)... and to reach that purpose we have to pull up the ...(15)... and run.

1.
(1) beside
(2) on
(3) beneath
(4) outside
(5) over

2.
(1) Patiently
(2) Impatiently
(3) Waiting
(4) shaking
(5) Shivering

3.
(1) move
(2) pull
(3) push
(4) pick
(5) pick

4.
(1) freeze
(2) forever
(3) freedom
(4) exile
(5) restraint

5.
(1) strong
(2) weak 
(3) feeble
(4) heavy
(5) light

6.
(1) old
(2) young
(3) big
(4) Huge
(5) minor

7.
(1) fiercely
(2) ferociously
(3) vigorously
(4) violently
(5) vehemently

8.
(1) way
(2) pride
(3) movement
(4) Process
(5) programme

9.
(1)believes
(2) wishes
(3) faiths
(4) Fails
(5) regrets

10.
(1) strength
(2) stamina
(3) power
(4) willingness
(5) unwillingness

11.
(1) choice
(2) option
(3) limit
(4) Check
(5) measure

12.
(1) get
(2) retain
(3) expect
(4) reject
(5) relinquish

13.
(1) being
(2) become
(3) getting
(4) becoming
(5) unbecoming

14.
(1) purpose
(2) present
(3) past
(4) package
(5) anytime

15.
(1) stall
(2) stairs
(3) stack
(4) stake
(5) stature



ANSWERS
1. 4
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 1
6. 2
7. 2
8. 4
9. 1
10. 3
11. 1
12. 4
13. 4
14. 1
15. 4

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