Pick out the most effective word(s) from the given words to fill in the blank to make the sentence meaningfully complete.
I haven't eaten an apple ...... a long while.
Answer: C
Correct answer: For
A period of time takes for. A long while is a period, not a starting point.
Since would need a fixed point in time, and from and until do not work with a present perfect of this kind.
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The parliament invested the new organisation ...... judicial authority.
Answer: B
Correct answer: With
Invest someone with authority is the fixed construction for conferring power.
This sense of invest takes only with; invest in belongs to money.
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Owing to the power cut in the area, factories are being forced to ...... men
Answer: D
Correct answer: Lay off
Lay off means to dismiss workers for want of work - exactly what a power cut causes.
Throw away is used of things, put off means to postpone, and send off means to dispatch.
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Man must ...... to stop pollution.
Answer: A
Correct answer: Act
Act means to take action, which is what stopping pollution requires, and it stands alone without an object.
Perform and operate need something to be performed or operated, and behave describes conduct rather than intervention.
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He was sent to the prison for his ......
Answer: C
Correct answer: Crime
One is imprisoned for a crime - an offence against the law, which is what a court punishes.
A sin offends religion and a vice is a bad habit; neither is what a prison sentence answers. Guilt is the state of having committed the crime, not the act.
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The answer was written ...... blue ink.
Answer: C
Correct answer: In
Writing is done in a medium - in ink, in pencil, in capitals - and with a instrument, such as a pen.
By and on are not used of the substance written with.
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Many ...... decisions were taken at the meeting
Answer: B
Hectic means tensed, historic means having importance in history or having influence on history. historical means having taken place in history, from the past or pertaining to history. so option B is correct.
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Those who persist in the endeavor at long last triumph ...... the odds of life.
Answer: A
Endeavor means an earnest attempt. And triumph means achieve success. So the sentence here means" those who give an earnest attempt to achieve success can win over the oddness in life". option A is correct.
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In the modern materialistic society, the only aim of people appears to be ...... money by fair means or foul.
Answer: C
The answer should be 'acquiring' because of the word 'be' preceding it. 'be' gives the sentence a present continuous tense. The word 'be' would not have been there if the answer would have to be 'acquire'.option C is correct.
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What is the ...... for an air letter?
Answer: C
Fare is the money that you pay for a journey (bus, train).Value refers to quality or importance of something.Stamp is a small piece of paper which you lick and stick on an envelope before you post.So right answer is postage.
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