English Question Bank
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Q2. Keep ______ alcohol and don’t smoke.

1. at
2. with in
3. away
4. off

Q3. 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

Q4. The burglar broke ______ the house and stole all their money and jewelry.

1. away
2. into
3. forth

Q5. 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.

Q6. The school director's resignation came like a bolt from the ……… . Nobody had expected it.

1. green
2. red
3. black
4. blue

Q7. Time goes ______ quickly, my dear.

1. by
2. for
3. in

Q8. After a week camping, all our food supplies gave ______.

1. down
2. out
3. in

Q9. If you draw a ……… over something unpleasant, you try to forget something and avoid the subject.

1. scarfe
2. hat
3. hood
4. veil

Q10. It is very difficult to drive in ______.

1. rush houred slow-moving traffic
2. slow moving traffic of rush hour
3. rush-hour slow moving traffic
4. slow moving rush hour traffic