English Question Bank
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Q2. It was hot; ______ we went swimming.

1. because
2. therefore
3. as long as
4. even though

Q3. When she got the promotion, she started to look ______ on the people she used to work with.

1. up
2. for
3. down

Q4. Many people considered it to be cruel to send animals in rockets into outer space. Many people consider that _______ cruel to send animals in rockets into further space.

1. to be
2. it to be
3. it is
4. it was

Q5. “Why don’t we go out for dinner?” His wife suggested that _______.

1. they would go out for dinner
2. they should go out for dinner
3. we will go out for dinner
4. we’d like to go out for dinner

Q6. Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild (horseplay).

1. Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals.
2. Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports.
3. Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other
4. Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises.

Q7. If someone says "You can say that again!", it means they

1. want you to repeat what you said
2. didn't understand what you said
3. agree with what you said

Q8. 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.

Q9. 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

Q10. He began to realize that he _______ mistake.

1. is making
2. has made
3. had made
4. will make