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Directions:
In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with a blank. There are five phrases given below each sentence, one out of which can be used in the blank to form a meaningful sentence. Choose the most appropriate phrase among the five options that makes the sentence contextually meaningful.
Question : 16
More children growing up in a world so increasingly diverse that stock racial identities no longer ________.
a) call off
b) hold up
c) leave out
d) blow up
e) bring up
Answer »Answer: (b)
The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘hold up’ which means to remain strong or vigorous. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (b) becomes the most viable answer choice.
Call off means to decide that a planned event will not happen Leave out means to not include or mention (someone or something)
Blow up means explode
Bring up means (chiefly of a ship) come to a stop.
Question : 17
A pleasant spoken young constable arrived at Riverview with a warrant and asked if he might_______ the boat.
a) turn up
b) take down
c) make out
d) make up
e) look over
Answer »Answer: (e)
The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘look over’ which means a quick inspection of something; a survey. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (e) becomes the most viable answer choice.
Turn up means be found, especially by chance, after being lost. Take down means a police raid or arrest.
Make out means make progress; fare. Make up means invent a story, lie, or plan.
Question : 18
We came into the theatre at about two for a_______, Matt came in as well and he was struggling with his voice.
a) put out
b) put up
c) run away
d) run through
e) run into
Answer »Answer: (d)
The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘run through’ which means to practise something so that it is correct for a performance or test. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (d) becomes the most viable answer choice.
put out means cause someone trouble or inconvenience. put up means stay temporarily in accommodation other than one's own home.
Run-away means escape from a place, person, or situation. run into means collide with.
Question : 19
Jet needs to urgently __________its cost strategy as it does not have enough funds to continue operations for more than two months.
a) work out
b) warm up
c) wake up
d) turn down
e) take out
Answer »Answer: (a)
The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘work out’ which means to find the solution by thinking or talking about it. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (a) becomes the most viable answer choice.
warm up means prepare for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practising gently beforehand.
wake up means an instance of a person waking up or being woken up turn down means a rejection or refusal.
take out means a bid (in a different suit) made in response to a bid or double by one's partner.
Question : 20
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson hopes to make up for lost time and _________________his best as the Manchester United left-back begins his season-long loan at Scunthorpe.
a) get up
b) get back at
c) get back to
d) get along with
e) get around
Answer »Answer: (c)
The most suitable phrase to fill the blank is ‘get back to’ which means to return to someone or something. This phrase is often used to say that you will return with an answer to a question or a request at a later time. All the other phrases fail to provide the appropriate context to the sentence. Hence, option (c) becomes the most viable answer choice.
get up means (of wind or the sea) become strong or agitated. get back at means take revenge on (someone).
get along with means another way of saying get on.
get around means deal successfully with (a problem).
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