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Q2. It cost me ______ than I thought it would.

1. fewer
2. much
3. more
4. a lot

Q3. The little boy was forced to give ______ to his brother’s wishes.

1. in
2. for
3. down

Q4. 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.

Q5. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** -Boxing was his PROFESSION, people came and paid money to see the fight.

1. subject
2. wish
3. trade
4. life

Q6. While they were on holiday their house was broken ______ and some valuable paintings were stolen.

1. down
2. into
3. about
4. away

Q7. Which of these plans would be a pipe dream for most people?

1. travelling to your country's capital city
2. playing football for Manchester United
3. watching the Olympic Games on television

Q8. Angela will ……… in front of her boss to get a pay rise.

1. hue and cry
2. bow and scrape
3. leap and bound
4. wine and dine

Q9. A popular method of treating frozen fingers and toes in very cold, even freezing weather is to slowly rewarm them or rub them with snow. The best treatment, however, is not slow rewarming but rapid rewarming. Putting the frozen fingers or toes in a warm bath or using a hot water bottle are both good ways to treat them. Hot drinks to warm the body from within are also helpful. One must be careful about burning the skin, however. The temperature of any heat applied should not be greater than 43 C. ------------- The main concern of the passage is _____.

1. why frozen fingers and toes should be slowly rewarmed.
2. how to keep adequately warm in the winter.
3. how to treat fingers and toes that have been frozen.
4. the dangers of freezing weather for the body.
5. why one should have plenty of hot drinks in winter.

Q10. It's easy to get a place at Zalabia School. They accept all and ……… .

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