Fill in the Blanks Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The sentence says that he can speak Serbian, English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, which is six languages. A person who speaks many languages is a polyglot. 'Monolingual' means knowing one language, 'bilingual' two and 'trilingual' three, so none of these fits a person with six languages. The answer is polyglot, option C.

Answer: B

The sentence says that individual rights and choices are being ______ by hooligans who claim to protect community interests, and that this is a serious threat to the rule of law and social harmony. Such a harmful trend needs a word meaning that the rights are violated or crushed, which is 'trampled upon'. 'Assisted', 'helped' and 'aided' all mean that the hooligans support the rights, which contradicts the idea of a threat to the rule of law. The answer is trampled upon, option B.

Answer: A

A harbinger is a sign that something is coming, so initial estimates that are poor can be called a harbinger of even tougher times ahead. A 'withholder' is one who holds something back, 'contraindication' is a medical term for a reason against giving a treatment, and 'incognizance' means a lack of awareness, so none of them fits the sense of a forecast. The answer is harbinger, option A.

Answer: A

The sentence says that she ______ visit her parents tomorrow, and the verb that follows is in the base form 'visit'. 'Is going to' gives a plan or intention in the future, followed by the base form, so 'She is going to visit her parents tomorrow' is correct. 'Shall be' and 'will be' need an -ing form or a participle after them ('shall be visiting'), and 'wants' needs 'to' before visit. The answer is 'is going to', option A.

Answer: C

A question that starts with 'does' uses the base form of the main verb, because 'does' carries the third person singular and the tense. So 'Does your father work in a library?' is correct. 'Working' needs 'is', 'works' repeats the third person ending already shown by 'does', and 'worked' is the past form and cannot follow 'does'. The answer is 'work', option C.

Answer: C

The right pair is 'impact' and 'better'. The first blank follows 'it can detrimentally' and needs a verb with 'their mental health' as the object, and 'impact' fits as a verb, while 'effect' is a noun in this use and 'destroy' is too strong for 'detrimentally'. The second blank needs an adverb for how people cope with change, and 'better' fits 'cope better with change'. 'Affect, mostly' makes 'cope mostly' awkward, and 'lower' does not suit cope. So option C is right.

Answer: B

The right pair is 'weaknesses' and 'likely'. 'Strengths and weaknesses' is the natural pair of opposites in the first blank. The second blank forms the phrase 'more than likely not going to go away', which is a set expression meaning very probably. 'Difficulties', 'challenges' and 'struggles' are not the usual opposites of strengths, and 'possibly', 'probably' and 'expectedly' do not fit after 'more than'.

Answer: D

The right pair is 'learn' and 'much'. 'Boys and girls did not learn to read' fits the idea that books were scarce and only a few men could read. The phrase 'cost as much as a good house' is the usual comparison. 'Remember to read', 'want to read' and 'need to read' do not carry the same sense of acquiring the skill, and 'as more as', 'as most as' and 'as high as' are not correct in the second blank.

Answer: A

The right set is 'arose', 'from' and 'combining'. A genre of sculpture 'arose and developed' over the period named. The body of sculptural art 'from this period' is unique, and the last clause 'combining stylistic influences of the Hellenistic, Persian and Kushan cultures' gives the reason for its syncretic character. 'Ensued' and 'appeared' do not pair as well with 'and developed', and 'since', 'of' and 'at' do not fit before 'this period', and 'cooperating' and 'fusing' do not suit the influences as 'combining' does.

Answer: C

The right set is 'unveiled', 'reception', 'honour' and 'couple'. A memorial sculpture is unveiled in a city on a given day. Reception is the way a public receives something, so 'the reception for the statue has been mixed' fits the praise and jeers. The monument is meant to honour the relationship between the Kings, and it was inspired by a photograph of the couple hugging. 'Exposed', 'revealed' and 'installed' are less natural for a statue, and 'duo' and 'twins' do not suit the Kings as a married couple.