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Q2. Elephants are not really very savage animals, but occasionally they can be in a very bad temper. Their most dangerous habit at such moments is to pick up, with their trunk, a large stick or stone, and throw it with great force at someone standing nearby. When this happens the only thing anyone can do, is to jump quickly out of the way. ---------- When an elephant is in a bad temper _____.

1. it may try to hurt someone.
2. it moves its trunk from side to side.
3. one shouldn’t throw stones at it.
4. one should keep perfectly still.
5. it never shows it.

Q3. The fact that the experts say stagnation will continue for some time _______.

1. industry will suffer a lot
2. we should be prepared for higher inflation
3. is annoying
4. we cannot avoid it

Q4. It's easy to get a place at Zalabia School. They accept all and ……… .

1. people
2. road
3. sundry
4. league

Q5. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** Everybody PROTESTED to be examined again.

1. were for
2. were against
3. were after
4. were before
5. were like

Q6. She ______ unwell for several days when she was taken to hospital.

1. had been feeling
2. has been feeling
3. was feeling
4. had felt

Q7. Since the day he ______ ill he ______ a lot of reading.

1. was / had done
2. is / has done
3. was / has done
4. is / has been done

Q8. 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.

Q9. If you say to someone "You're so full of yourself!" they'll probably feel

1. proud
2. upset
3. pleased

Q10. Charles has been in Kamila's ……… since he called her a fat slag.

1. bad letters
2. bad books
3. bad records
4. bad papers