English Question Bank
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Q2. When I last talked to him, he ______ English.

1. studies
2. study
3. was studying
4. studied

Q3. Marcin and Magda are as different as ……… and cheese

1. biscuits
2. chalk
3. ham
4. jam

Q4. He ______ out of the window for a moment and then went on working.

1. glanced
2. viewed
3. glimpsed
4. regarded

Q5. She heard a sound ______ brought her heart into her mouth.

1. what
2. who
3. whenever
4. which

Q6. That book will come ______ very useful.

1. up
2. in
3. down

Q7. _____ at home, she left a note on the front door.

1. Realising there was nobody
2. By realising nobody was
3. Realised nobody was
4. On realised there wasn’t anybody

Q8. You’ll feel a lot better after you ______ a rest.

1. had
2. have had
3. will have
4. had had

Q9. Find the synonym of the following word. ***** Use up

1. consume
2. stack
3. draw up
4. put by

Q10. 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.