Passage Completion Questions and Answers

Q: Harry: A group of foreign investors are going to take over our company. Nell: ________ Harry: I'm sure I will have some trouble. Nell: Then you had better start looking for a new job

Correct answer: Do you think this will affect your status?Harry answers I'm sure I will have some trouble, which is an answer about the consequences for him, so Nell must have asked about them. Nell's next line, advising him to look for a new job, follows from that trouble. A remark about what Nell would do with so much money leaves Harry's reply with nothing to answer.

Direction for [ Question No: 71 To 79 ] :

Read the dialogues and choose the most appropriate options to complete the dialogues

71.

Danny: Shall we watch the football match tonight in a pub? Dimple: ________ Danny: Shame on you. The national team is playing against Germany. Dimple: You know I don't like football very much.

A.Why not? You could come to my place. Don't forget to bring some fruit, will you?
B.I didn't know there was going to be a match tonight.
C.Pubs are very crowded when there is a big match on TV.
D.I would rather play football than watch it.

Answer: B

Correct answer: I didn't know there was going to be a match tonight.

Danny replies shame on you. The national team is playing against Germany, which is a reproach for not knowing about the match. Only the keyed line admits that ignorance. The others accept the invitation or object to pubs, neither of which earns the reproach.

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72.

Mother: I don't want you to come back home so late again. Daughter: _________ Mother: It was too late for a girl at your age. I don't want to discuss this. Daughter: Okay, mom. I won't do that again

A.It was not late, mom. It was only ten o'clock.
B.Do you have any idea what time it is?
C.Neither do I, but I think it's too early to punish her
D.If you keep talking, how do you expect me to concentrate on what I am doing right now?

Answer: A

Correct answer: It was not late, mom. It was only ten o'clock.

The mother answers it was too late for a girl at your age, so the daughter must have argued that it was not late. The reply also settles it: I don't want to discuss this ends an argument the daughter has started.

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73.

Dentist: You don't seem to brush your teeth regularly. Patient: ________ Dentist: You know how bad they are for general health, don't you? Patient: Of course, I do. But I can't stop myself.

A.I don't but I promise that I will from now on.
B.I'm warning you. You can't insult me like this.
C.I've brushed my teeth regularly since I was a child
D.Actually, I do, but I eat a lot of sweets

Answer: A

Correct answer: I don't but I promise that I will from now on.

The patient's closing line - of course I do, but I can't stop myself - admits a habit he cannot break, and the exchange only reaches it if he first concedes the dentist's charge. The two options claiming he has brushed regularly since childhood contradict the dentist, who is then never challenged, and taking offence would not lead to a discussion of sweets.

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74.

Nupur: Ive got to read this report before I go to the meeting tomorrow. Rafi: It's not a big deal. If you start now, you will finish it soon. Nupur: _________ Rafi: Then you should have started reading it a long time ago

A.But the report has got over two hundred pages.
B.I guess you're right. I must go back to my room now
C.I would like to read it, too. I've got plenty of time.
D.You don't have to. No one will notice that you've lost it

Answer: A

Correct answer: But the report has got over two hundred pages.

Rafi answers then you should have started reading it a long time ago, which is a reply to an objection that the task is too big. Only the keyed line raises that objection; agreeing with Rafi would leave then with nothing to answer.

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75.

Jill: Tom has got very good ideas but he cannot explain them very well. Sam: ________ Jill: He takes notes of his creative ideas, and Ive read some of them. Sam: I would like to be able to have a look at them.

A.I know. He would be a great scientist if he were given a good education.
B.Stop telling me about Tom. You know I don't like him at all.
C.I used to have some great ideas too, but no one was interested.
D.How do you know that he has got very good ideas?

Answer: D

Correct answer: How do you know that he has got very good ideas?

Jill's next line explains how she knows - he takes notes and she has read some of them - so Sam must have asked how she knows. A question is also the only option that could draw an explanation rather than a further comment.

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76.

John: I’m an idiot. I failed the math course again. Ricky: _________ John: Who am I going to blame then? Ricky: Put the blame on the system. That's what most students do.

A.Again? I can't believe you. It's time you started to study
B.Don't blame yourself. You studied as hard as you could
C.You shouldn't criticise him so harshly.
D.I don't think you should worry about it

Answer: B

Correct answer: Don't blame yourself. You studied as hard as you could

John answers who am I going to blame then?, so Ricky must have told him not to blame himself. Ricky's next line - put the blame on the system - confirms it. Telling John it is time he started to study would be more blame, not less.

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77.

Harry: A group of foreign investors are going to take over our company. Nell: ________ Harry: I'm sure I will have some trouble. Nell: Then you had better start looking for a new job

A.Actually, I don't think it's true
B.When did you realize that you would never be promoted?
C.Do you think this will affect your status?
D.If I had so much money, I would do the same thing

Answer: D

Correct answer: Do you think this will affect your status?

Harry answers I'm sure I will have some trouble, which is an answer about the consequences for him, so Nell must have asked about them. Nell's next line, advising him to look for a new job, follows from that trouble. A remark about what Nell would do with so much money leaves Harry's reply with nothing to answer.

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78.

Alok: Are you going to the post office? Ashok: Why are you asking? Alok: ________ Ashok: I can hold off for a few minutes, but thats all

A.I'm working on some letters, but they are not quite ready
B.I might come with you. That's why I'm asking
C.If you are so busy, I can go instead of you
D.I have already posted the letters, so you don't need to go

Answer: A

Correct answer: I'm working on some letters, but they are not quite ready

Ashok's reply is I can hold off for a few minutes, but that's all, so Alok must have given a reason for Ashok to wait. Only the keyed line does. Offering to come along or to go instead would not ask him to delay.

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79.

John: Have you heard about Timmy? Rushi: No, is there something wrong with him? John: ________ Rushi: Really? I hope it is not too serious.

A.He told me that he was on holiday
B.No, but I just wonder if he is OK
C.He had to be rushed to the emergency room yesterday
D.He recovered from his illness long ago

Answer: C

Correct answer: He had to be rushed to the emergency room yesterday

Rushi replies really? I hope it is not too serious, so John's line must report something serious about Timmy. The options about a holiday or a recovery long ago would not prompt that concern.

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Direction for [ Question No: 80 To 80 ] :

In each of the following paragraph, a part of sentence is left unfinished. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated choose the best alterative among the four.

80.

Neurocognitive Linguistics is an attempt to understand the linguistic system of the human brain. The object of investigation is the mental system that supports our language processing __________. That is the basic challenge facing neurocognitive linguistics. But since our linguistic systems are housed in our brains, we have no choice but to treat language as a mental phenomenon

A.Man has always been fascinated by amazing facts about his own brain
B.Of course, this mental system is not directly observable
C.There have been numerous kinds of research done on the brain structure
D.There was one single professor famous for his ideas about the function of the brain

Answer: B

Correct answer: Of course, this mental system is not directly observable

The sentence after the blank begins that is the basic challenge, so the blank must state a difficulty. A system that cannot be observed directly is exactly such a difficulty, and the following sentence - but since our linguistic systems are housed in our brains, we have no choice - answers it. The other three options state facts about brain research, none of which poses a problem for the discipline.

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