English Question Bank
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Q2. The local Tesco hypermarket has been losing a lot of stock. It's high time they took a tough ……… with shoplifters.

1. measure
2. line
3. penalty
4. discipline

Q3. What do you think would be the _____ of this ring, if I were to sell it?

1. worth
2. value
3. cost
4. good
5. importance

Q4. William's head is in the clouds. He needs to

1. take better care of himself
2. be a bit more realistic
3. stop thinking he's better than everyone else

Q5. 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.

Q6. I have two boys, but ______ of them likes pop music.

1. either
2. both
3. neither
4. none

Q7. Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig( kept a stiff upper lip).

1. Craig cried even more than Vivian had expected.
2. Craig cried about as much as Vivian had expected.
3. Craig cried a little less than Vivian had expected.
4. Craig did not cry.

Q8. Many kinds of ________ animals are disappearing or have already disappeared from the earth.

1. brave
2. untamed
3. unfriendly
4. angry
5. wild

Q9. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** What DIARY PRODUCTS do you like to eat?

1. creamery
2. meals
3. animal
4. first course
5. desserts

Q10. I’d like to go to the concert, but I haven’t got a ticket. If I ______ a ticket, I ______ go to It.

1. had / will
2. have / will
3. will have / can
4. had / could