English Question Bank
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Q2. In about forty years’ time we’ll probably ______ on pills.

1. be living
2. have been living
3. have been lived
4. have lived

Q3. He’s not ________ of learning German in six months.

1. possible
2. interested
3. inclined
4. able
5. capable

Q4. Most people were not impressed when in 1913, the Daily Mail newspaper offered 10.000 pounds to the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic in under 72 hours. The majority of scientists, even said it could not be done. Certainly the problems involved were many and far ranging. Obviously the design of the aero plane was of great importance, but so too were the skill and courage of the pilot and the navigator; weather conditions also had to be taken into consideration. A very few enthusiasts thought it might be possible ten years later. They were wrong. A pilot received the prize just six years later. --------- When the Daily Mail offered a prize in 1913, for flying across the Atlantic _____.

1. there were few aero planes that could stay in the air for more than 72 hours.
2. many enthusiastic amateurs were eager to try.
3. the majority of scientists thought it could be done.
4. almost no one believed it was possible to do this within the next ten years.
5. the general public were very interested in the scheme.

Q5. 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.

Q6. The thought of spending a night in the so-called ‘haunted’ house alone made him ____ with fear.

1. burp
2. shudder
3. swallow
4. blink

Q7. Marco tried to keep a low profile because he didn't want to be

1. ignored by the public
2. bothered by the media
3. paid by his employer

Q8. To ……… fun at someone is to laugh rudely at them.

1. give
2. stick
3. beat
4. poke

Q9. Our maths teacher ______ us a lot of homework last week but he ______ us very much so far this week.

1. would give / didn’t give
2. had given / didn’t give
3. gave / didn’t given
4. gave / hasn’t given

Q10. He ----- the picture on the wall.

1. hanged
2. hung