English Questions

"She was little more than a rugged relic, a plain prosaic result of him - as if she had somehow been pulled through him as through an obstinate funnel only to be left crumpled and useless and with nothing in her but what he accounted for. She had grown red and almost fat, which were not happy signs of them are mourning." P.41

This discovery is considered to be a major scientific ... that happens only once everydecade.A. breakthrough B. breakup C. breakaway D. breakdown E. No correct answer

Passengers with nothing to declare move quickly through ... .A. customers B. costumes C. customary D. custard E. No correct answer

I ... about it for a few minutes and decided against.A. think B. don't think C. will think D. thought E. No correct answer

"so almost abnormally affirmative, so aggressively erect, were the huge heavy objects that syllabled his hostess's story" p.62"It was the language of the house itself that spoke to him." P.63

We have plenty of time. It ... be finished before the end of this month.A. mustn't to B. hasn't to C. doesn't have to D. doesn't must E. No correct answer

Which present tense is used to refer to something arranged or planned?

I can't believe we ... petrol five hundred yards from the petrol station.A. ran out of B. ran out C. ran down D. ran into E. No correct answer

I'm having a lot ... problems than I anticipated. This may take some time.A. of B. fewer C. less D. more E. No correct answer

"It was the name, above all, she would take in hand - the precious name she so liked and that, in spite of the harm her wretched father had done it, wasn't yet passed praying for. She loved it in fact the more tenderly for that bleeding wound. But what could a penniless girl do with it but let it go?" (23)

She's ... in one of the major aeronautical companies.A. engineer B. a engineer C. an engineer D. engineers E. No correct answer

The computer is running slowly again. I think ... hard drive needs emptying.A. his B. her C. its D. their E. No correct answer

... food must be grown without pesticides, chemical fertilizers and antibiotics.A. Vegetarian B. Biodegradable C. Biofuel D. Organic E. No correct answer

We've been working in this company ... .A. since six months B. for 2005 C. one year ago D. for the beginning E. No correct answer

I thought that seminar was really ... for us.A. interested B. interesting C. interestingly D. interest E. No correct answer

"a voluminous phrase, say even a musical, that first dropped into words and notes without sense and then hanging unfinished, into no words nor any notes at all" (22)

These shoes are ... I have to buy new ones.A. worn out B. wore out C. wear out D. weared out E. No correct answer

"the last two chapters are a re-enactment of the whole" (situation and setting"

The best way to learn a foreign language is to travel ... .A. foreign B. stranger C. apart D. abroad E. No correct answer

Let's take the lift. The office is ... the fourth floor.A. at B. in C. by D. on E. No correct answer