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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.






Q2. He made a swift ______ from his illness.

  1. repair
  2. survival
  3. relief
  4. recovery
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Q3. If people ______ ill, they go to see a doctor.

  1. is
  2. are
  3. were
  4. will be
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Q4. People call Ray a chip off the old block because he

  1. reminds them of his father
  2. reminds them of his son
  3. reminds them of their fathers
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Q5. She saw … when he arrived so late and didn't apologise.

  1. blood
  2. blue murder
  3. red
  4. red blood
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Q6. It was obvious that many people had greased the chief of police's palm because he had

  1. become very poor
  2. become very rich
  3. become very greasy
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Q7. Although he eats a lot, ______.

  1. he is losing weight
  2. he is gaining weight
  3. he is getting fatter
  4. he is putting on weight
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Q8. I don’t think you should go ______ a job in that company.

  1. after
  2. in
  3. to
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Q9. When political correctness became popular in the nineties, millions of people jumped on the bandwagon and

  1. said it was incorrect
  2. became politically correct
  3. corrected people's politics
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Q10. At least half a dozen people ______ (watched without doing anything) while the man was being attacked.

  1. looked at
  2. looked on
  3. looked over
  4. looked into
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