Christancho Posted 18 years ago
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Hi, I have these questions, and I have marked the possible solutions, are they correct?
1. Television is ....... by many broadcasters as being beneficial to education
a. conceived
b. decided
c. perceived <
d. expressed
2. Because the shop was closing down, Jean was able to buy her new watch for a ....
a. fraction <
b. portion
c. wedge
d. slice
3. Although he had hurt his foot, the tennis star...... off his injury and continued the match
a. carried
b. shrugged
c. threw
d. put <
4. To ...... a long story short, the stranger turned out to be her long-lost brother
a. cut
b. make <
c. chop
d. stop
5. Scientist hope to find a cure for the disease although research is still in its ....
a. childhood
b. infancy
c. early age <
d. young days
6. The amount of help the novice riders received was in ..... to their needs
a. recognition
b. ratio
c. awareness
d. proportion <
8. The police are ..... into the disappearance of several major paintings
a. looking <
b. searching
c. investigation
d. checking
9. Unfortunately the new tie I've bought ..... with the colour of my favorite shirt
a. collides <
b. diverges
c. clashes
d. deviates
10. I'm not surprised you don't like Jim, he's ..... to get on with
a. fiercely <
b. notoriously
c. virtually
d. utterly
Thanks a lot for your help!
Chris
1. Television is ....... by many broadcasters as being beneficial to education
a. conceived
b. decided
c. perceived <
d. expressed
2. Because the shop was closing down, Jean was able to buy her new watch for a ....
a. fraction <
b. portion
c. wedge
d. slice
3. Although he had hurt his foot, the tennis star...... off his injury and continued the match
a. carried
b. shrugged
c. threw
d. put <
4. To ...... a long story short, the stranger turned out to be her long-lost brother
a. cut
b. make <
c. chop
d. stop
5. Scientist hope to find a cure for the disease although research is still in its ....
a. childhood
b. infancy
c. early age <
d. young days
6. The amount of help the novice riders received was in ..... to their needs
a. recognition
b. ratio
c. awareness
d. proportion <
8. The police are ..... into the disappearance of several major paintings
a. looking <
b. searching
c. investigation
d. checking
9. Unfortunately the new tie I've bought ..... with the colour of my favorite shirt
a. collides <
b. diverges
c. clashes
d. deviates
10. I'm not surprised you don't like Jim, he's ..... to get on with
a. fiercely <
b. notoriously
c. virtually
d. utterly
Thanks a lot for your help!
Chris
Top answer
Hi Chris, It looks to me as though these questions might derive from a British source, so I'll answer them in that context. By the way, you're lacking an adjective in number 10 (probably the word difficult ). Also, number 7 seems to have disappeared .
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Hi Chris,
It looks to me as though these questions might derive from a British source, so I'll answer them in that context. By the way, you're lacking an adjective in number 10 (probably the word difficult). Also, number 7 seems to have disappeared
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1. Television is .. by many broadcasters as being benefici
It looks to me as though these questions might derive from a British source, so I'll answer them in that context. By the way, you're lacking an adjective in number 10 (probably the word difficult). Also, number 7 seems to have disappeared
.1. Television is .. by many broadcasters as being benefici
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Yes, i missed the number 7.
about question number 10, The question is just like that.... there were no adjective.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Chris
about question number 10, The question is just like that.... there were no adjective.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Chris
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Hi again Chris,
Believe me, question 10 does need an adjective; the sentence would be ungrammatical without one, whichever of the four options is chosen.
Believe me, question 10 does need an adjective; the sentence would be ungrammatical without one, whichever of the four options is chosen.
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Hi Yizhivika ,
You were RIGHT!, I double checked the question and i missed the 'difficult'
Thanks again for your help!!
Chris
You were RIGHT!, I double checked the question and i missed the 'difficult'
Thanks again for your help!!
Chris
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In sentence 4, option b (make) also works. In fact, I think "make" would be more typical than "cut" in AmE.
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Hi Yankee,
Yes, that's a fair point, although as I mentioned above, I suspect that this set of questions derives from a British source (the curious combination of colour and favorite notwithstanding!), and in BrE, I think you'd be much more likely to use cut here.
Yes, that's a fair point, although as I mentioned above, I suspect that this set of questions derives from a British source (the curious combination of colour and favorite notwithstanding!), and in BrE, I think you'd be much more likely to use cut here.
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