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Q2. Ever since country western super group The Mountain Boys started wearing stovepipe hats, those hats have been (selling like hotcakes).

1. This means that stovepipe hats have been selling quickly.
2. This means that stovepipe hats have been selling slowly.
3. This means that stovepipe hats have been selling at an average pace.
4. This means that stovepipe hats have not been selling at all.

Q3. Her name is mud these days because

1. she changed it
2. she didn't clean up
3. she was caught cheating

Q4. I’ll have to ______ now, I’m afraid; there is someone at the door.

1. hang on
2. hang up
3. hang out
4. hang back

Q5. On the day of my first piano recital, I became more and more nervous. To help me calm down, my piano teacher told me to place several cabbages in the room where I practiced. I was so eager to get over my nerves that I was willing to try anything. For the next few hours, I played to an audience of cabbages. When the time of the recital finally arrived, I was still terribly nervous. My hands felt like ice. When I finally walked across the stage, I looked out into the dark audience. I could not see anyone! All those people out there could just as easily have been cabbages. As I sat down to play, my hands relaxed. Before I knew it, I had played all my pieces without a mistake. For the first time, the cabbage heads applauded. --------- On the day of the recital the music teacher _____.

1. advised the writer to put cabbages in the room where he practiced and play for them.
2. warned the writer not to look at the audience.
3. had no patience with the writer because he was nervous too.
4. felt nearly as nervous about the recital as the writer did.
5. couldn’t think of a way of helping the writer to stay calm.

Q6. Find the synonym of the following word. ***** Stationary

1. stationery
2. portable
3. mobile
4. still

Q7. Don't lose your … It's not worth it.

1. tether
2. rag
3. mind
4. neck

Q8. I assured him that he _______ pneumonia.

1. should get
2. would get
3. get
4. gets

Q9. To drive off the road into a gasoline station is the same as to ______ into the gas station.

1. pull
2. get
3. let

Q10. The horse mentioned in the text is clearly an ------ to the Trojan horse.

1. allusion
2. illusion