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Q2. Why did he try to run ______ from home?

1. off
2. out
3. away

Q3. Lyle chose Marco for his partner, thinking that it would be fun to work with his best friend, but now that the project was due tomorrow and the boys had nothing done, Lyle realized that he should have (hitched his horse to a different wagon).

1. When one wishes to have chosen different company than one is presently keeping
2. When one accepts responsibility for one's own involvement in an unfortunate event
3. When one understands that the only way to solve a problem is through hard work
4. When one determines that the best course of action is to tell the truth

Q4. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** The woman adds water to UNITE the flour and the milk.

1. connect
2. make
3. join
4. complex
5. combine

Q5. There were ---- customers than anticipated.

1. fewer
2. less

Q6. It was the first time she ______ ever ______ a prize.

1. has / won
2. had / won
3. is / won
4. would / win

Q7. That is the film ______.

1. it is about Turkish people
2. we are liked
3. I watched last week
4. it is a western

Q8. If I ______ out, I’ll buy a newspaper

1. go
2. will go
3. am going
4. went

Q9. 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.

Q10. Every summer many people, girls and women as well as boys and men, try to swim from England to France or from France to England. The distance at the nearest points is only about twenty miles, but because of the strong currents the distance that must be swum is usually twice as far. The first man to succeed in swimming across the Channel was Captain Webb, an Englishman. This was in August 1875. He landed in France 21 hours 45 minutes after entering the water at Dover. Since then there have been many successful swims and the time has been shortened. One French swimmer crossed in 11 hours and 5 minutes. ---------- 10. Swimming the Channel is not as easy as it might seem _____.

1. as the distance between the two counties is far too much.
2. and it always takes more or less 20 hours.
3. and only two people have managed to do it so far.
4. so few people even try to swim it.
5. for there are very strong currents.