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Directions (1-10): In each of the following sentences, there is a blank space. Below each such sentence, there are five options with one word each. Fill up the blank with the word that makes the sentence grammatically and contextually correct.
Q1. I’d be ……………………….. if you would complete and return the form as soon as possible.
(a) indulging
(b) services
(c) require
(d) obliged
(e) offend
Q2. Investigating mass media …………….., the reporter found that media outlets were feeding government-friendly propaganda to the people even though they knew it wasn’t true.
(a) indoctrination
(b) countering
(c) advent
(d) cultural
(e) alternative
Q3. People who work all the time and leave none for ………….. will find themselves both bored and frustrated, since fun is a key part of healthy living.
(a) working
(b) restore
(c) recreation
(d) relax
(e) entertain
Q4. The gymnast hopes that she can ……….. her perfect performance in next week’s competition.
(a) pivotal
(b) entangle
(c) Both (b) and (e)
(d) holistic
(e) repris
Q5. The exchange student will be partnered with a peer leader to make it easier for her to …………. to her new school.
(a) culminate
(b) acclimate
(c) retrospection
(d) began
(e) Both (b) and (c)
Q6. Although the company tried to …………. their product on the internet, not many of the ads reached their customer base.
(a) promoting
(b) flack
(c) expansion
(d) flank
(e) rebuke
Q7. Chewing the medication will not ……….. the drug’s onset and cause it to act faster.
(a) delaying
(b) quick
(c) hasten
(d) precipitation
(e) boosting
Q8. When I ……………. from college, I will be ready to begin a successful business career.
(a) disappear
(b) visibly
(c) trivial
(d) emerge
(e) percolate
Q9. The leopard is capable of reaching a very high speed when in ………….. of a prey.
(a) relevance
(b) pursuit
(c) obsessive
(d) fame
(e) Both (a) and (b)
Q10. Since the carrots are pretty large, my mom will probably …………. them before putting them in the salad mix.
(a) produce
(b) drag
(c) grate
(d) jar
(e) grinding
Solution
Ans.1.(d)
Exp. Oblige: do as (someone) asks or desires in order to help or please them.
Ans.2.(a)
Exp. Indoctrination: the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
Ans.3.(c)
Exp.Recreation: activity done for enjoyment when one is not working.
Ans.4.(e)
Exp. Reprise: a repetition or further performance of something.
Ans.5.(b)
Exp. Acclimate: respond physiologically or behaviorally to a change in an environmental factor under controlled conditions.
Ans.6.(b)
Exp.Flack: publicize or promote.
Ans.7.(c)
Exp. Hasten: cause (something, especially something undesirable) to happen sooner than it otherwise would.
Ans.8.(d)
Exp. Emerge: move out of or away from something and become visible.
Ans.9.(b)
Exp. Pursuit: the action of pursuing someone or something.
Ans.10.(c)
Exp. Grate: reduce (food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater.
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