ENGLISH BONANZA OLYMPIC 30/4 PRACTICE
Subject: ENGLISH Grade: 10th
Full name:………………………………… Candidate number:………….. MULTIPLE CHOICE I. WORD CHOICE
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
1. He was absolutely ______ with anger when he found that I had scratched his car. A. burn B. carmine C. fickle D. livid
2. He glanced at Juliet accusingly and she looked ______ abashed. A. suitably B. completely C. utterly D. absolutely
3. Everyone was there ______ Linda. She was too sick to come. A. save B. take C. make D. have
4. She did six hours’ ______ studying a day for her exam. A. solid B. heavy C. strong D. big
5. Are you having a ______ exam before you sit the actual team in June? A. fake B. mock C. false D. dress
6. I was kept awake for most of the night by the ______ of a mosquito in my ear. A. whine B. moan C. groan D. screech
7. He decided to withdraw from the powerboat race as he had a(n) ______ of danger. A. interim B. foreboding C. dearth D. prediction
8. It was difficult for the lecturer to ______ his voice to the back of the hall. A. shout B. raise C. project D. deliver
9. Many children who get into trouble in their early teens go on to become ______ offenders. A. consistent B. insistent C. persistent D. resident
10. He would never______ his pride and say that he was sorry. A. taste B. swallow C. sip D. crunch II. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURES
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
11. “It is raining outside” -- “______”. A. So is it B. So it is C. So it does D. Is it so?
12. They must have gone away,______ ?
A. shouldn’t they B. haven’t they C. mustn’t they D. didn’t they 13. ___ the meeting began. A. After we have sat down
B. All of us having taken the seats C. Our having seated C. Once we had seated
14. ______ with being so busy at work and at home, she became increasingly tired and bad- tempered. A. How B. What C. Which D. Where
15. The police took him into custody ______ he embarked from the plane. A. as long as B. while
C. the moment when D. the instant
16. ______ earning all that money if you don’t have time to enjoy it? A. Is it to the good B. What’s the good of it? C. Is it all to the good D. Is it for good?
17. “Was that the new schoolmaster who walked by?” -- “______”. A. It must be that B. It must have been
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18. It is urgent that the boss ______ a meeting to discuss the problem. A. called B. call C. to call D. calls
19. It was the press conference ______ the truth about his corporation. A. did the director tell B. the director did tell C. where the director told D. that the director told
20. “I think we ought to see the rest of the exhibition as quickly as we can, ______ that it closes in half an hour”. A. granted B. assuming C. given D. knowing III.
PHRASAL VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS
Choose the best options to complete the following sentences.
21. Doctors are often ______ to accidents in rural areas. A. called up B. driven out C. called out D. rung up
22. If you never put oil in your engine, one day it will ______. A. flake out B. shut down C. go off D. seize up
23. To get his proposal accepted, the Finance Manager had to ______ heavy pressure from colleagues. A. fend off B. laugh off C. send off D. push off
24. The new regime determined to ______ compulsory military service. A. stop of B. end up C. phrase out D. break off
25. After a fall in profits, the company decided ______ the hotel business. A. to pull out of B. to back off from C. to take out of D. to keep away from
26. She’s rung ______. I must have said something to upset her. A. up B. round C. back D. off
27. Our class monitor had a brilliant speech yesterday although he spoke______ the cuff then. A. about B. with C. off D. on
28. Cali gambled away all his father’s legacy and finally he ______ his family ______ in misery. A. put / in B. threw / into C. made / in D. led / to
29. The younger sons consider themselves to have been robbed ______ their rightful inheritance. A. by B. with C. around D. of
30. He’s sometimes bad-tempered but he’s a good fellow______ heart. A. by B. at C. with D. in ---THE END---
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