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On the day of my first piano recital, I became more and more nervous. To help me calm down, my piano teacher told me to place several cabbages in the room where I practiced. I was so eager to get over my nerves that I was willing to try anything. For the next few hours, I played to an audience of cabbages. When the time of the recital finally arrived, I was still terribly nervous. My hands felt like ice. When I finally walked across the stage, I looked out into the dark audience. I could not see anyone! All those people out there could just as easily have been cabbages. As I sat down to play, my hands relaxed. Before I knew it, I had played all my pieces without a mistake. For the first time, the cabbage heads applauded. --------- On the day of the recital the music teacher _____.
  1. advised the writer to put cabbages in the room where he practiced and play for them.
  2. warned the writer not to look at the audience.
  3. had no patience with the writer because he was nervous too.
  4. felt nearly as nervous about the recital as the writer did.
  5. couldn’t think of a way of helping the writer to stay calm.






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

  1. fewer
  2. much
  3. more
  4. a lot
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Q3. When political correctness became popular in the nineties, millions of people jumped on the bandwagon and

  1. said it was incorrect
  2. became politically correct
  3. corrected people's politics
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Q4. He grew very angry when he realized how he had been ________ out of his money.

  1. tricked
  2. played
  3. deceived
  4. robbed
  5. stolen
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Q5. Find the synonym of the following word. ***** Praise

  1. blame
  2. commend
  3. censure
  4. criticize
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Q6. Always turn your television off ______.

  1. when you went to bed
  2. as soon as you got bored
  3. after you have fallen asleep
  4. before you leave home
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Q7. The little boy was forced to give ______ to his brother’s wishes.

  1. in
  2. for
  3. down
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Q8. Could you hand ______ a minute? I’ll be right back.

  1. on
  2. in
  3. up
  4. on to
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Q9. Marrying James was just a means to an end for Kerry. Her real goal was

  1. to be his wife
  2. to be single
  3. to be rich
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Q10. Mountaineering has this advantage over most other sports; enjoyment depends very little indeed on natural ability or technical skill; it is a sport without winners and without losers. By all means study the technique of climbing if it interests you. But, believe me, provided you go to really good mountain country, it doesn’t much matter how you climb or what you climb. There are three things that matter; look up frequently to see the way ahead, don’t leave the holds you have until you have tested new ones; do all you can to help those climbing with you. --------- As it is pointed out in the passage, mountaineering is a sport _____.

  1. in which nobody wins and nobody loses
  2. that is not suitable for the old
  3. in which technique is not easy to learn
  4. which can be enjoyed anywhere in the country
  5. that most people are interested in
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