English Question Bank
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Q2. A: The new boss looks a bit serious, doesn’t he? I don’t think I’m going to like him. B: Oh, come on, Joyce, you can’t go ______ appearances. He’s probably very nice.

1. after
2. by
3. out
4. over

Q3. When I last talked to him, he ______ English.

1. studies
2. study
3. was studying
4. studied

Q4. He gave ______ all his fortune to charities.

1. down
2. away
3. up

Q5. ______, I wouldn’t have told you.

1. If it was a piece of bad news
2. If I failed the driving test
3. If you were dismissed
4. If I’d known you were going to be upset

Q6. Science has made great ________ during the past 30 years.

1. increases
2. motions
3. advances
4. advantages
5. opportunities

Q7. If I say “I’m going to hit the books now”,

1. am I going to take a short break from studying?
2. am I going to throw my books away?
3. am I going to study?

Q8. Mrs. March was afraid of leaving the student teacher with her third period class because she feared that the student teacher was a bit too (green) to be left alone with such a wild bunch.

1. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too inexperienced.
2. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too jealous of some of the students.
3. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too nice.
4. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too sick to handle the children.

Q9. If you cut corners when doing something,

1. you do it badly or cheaply at the expense of high standards
2. you do it straightaway
3. you accomplish two different things at the same time with very little effort

Q10. Can you make ______ this prescription, please?

1. up
2. over
3. for
4. off