English Question Bank
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Q2. To relax from stress is the same as to ______ down.

1. wind
2. lie
3. let

Q3. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** Everybody PROTESTED to be examined again.

1. were for
2. were against
3. were after
4. were before
5. were like

Q4. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** -Who’s that man you spoke to just now? -I don’t know, he is completely UNFAMILIAR to me.

1. foreign
2. strange
3. unknown
4. new
5. for

Q5. Vince knew that if he wanted to get into college, he'd have to (keep his nose to the grindstone) all senior year.

1. Vince would have to apply for college.
2. Vince would have to work hard for a whole year.
3. Vince would have to wait patiently for an opportunity.
4. Vince would have to stay out of trouble for a whole year.

Q6. Kate Moss looks like ……… . She's far too skinny!

1. a kettle of fish
2. a bag of bones
3. a whale of a time
4. a bundle of nerves

Q7. I met her at yesterday’s party, but I ______ her by sight for years before that.

1. had known
2. have known
3. will have known
4. had been known

Q8. What’s the time? B: I’m sorry I ______. My watch ______.

1. had felt
2. didn’t know / stopped
3. don’t know / has stopped
4. don’t know / had stopped

Q9. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of (bending over backwards) to entertain her nieces.

1. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces
2. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces
3. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.
4. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

Q10. Bicycling in America has been growing at an amazing rate. Bicycles used to be sold to parents for their children. Now those same parents are buying them for themselves, as well as for their children. And grandparents are cycling, too. Moreover, people don’t simply cycle for fun and for the exercise. Many young executives ride bikes to work as an alternative to adding to the pollution of cities, and to fighting traffic jams, while college and high school students find bikes an economical alternative to cars or buses. ----------------- In the passage it is emphasized that, in America _____.

1. more and more people of all ages are now using bicycles.
2. few college students can afford to run a car.
3. no executive feels he can cycle to work.
4. most parents feel it is dangerous for children to cycle to school.
5. a great many traffic jams are being caused by cyclists.