1. After walking for a mile we sat under the ......... shade of a big banyan tree.
a) hot
b) dark
c) huge
d) cool
Explanation: cool shade provides relief
2. She gave her father a gold watch on the ............. of his fiftieth birthday.
a) completion
b) occasion
c) celebration
d) happiness
Explanation: Occasion (event, time)
3. Alice dances very well and ......... does Maria.
a) even
b) too
c) also
d) so
Explanation: so
4. I was surprised at his .......... lack of knowledge about the Continent of Asia.
a) great
b) abundant
c) colossal
d) excessive
Explanation: Colossal (huge, massive)
5. She was badly injured after she jumped from the wall. So she needed ...... care in the hospital.
a) intensive
b) extensive
c) extraordinary
d) huge
Explanation: intensive (thorough, serious)
6. He ....... to school every day instead of going by school bus.
a) Walk
b) Walks
c) Run
d) None of the above
Explanation: Walks
7. You have only one month to complete the training, Don't give ..... now.
a) on
b) it
c) up
d) off
Explanation: Give up means stop trying.
8. The students were afraid, but the teacher ....... them that there was not any ghost.
a) advised
b) secured
c) promised
d) assured
Explanation: Assured (Guaranteed)
9. Peter pulled a long ........ when he was told that he could not go to London.
a) face
b) leg
c) hand
d) mouth
Explanation: Pulled a long face means to get angry.
10. Maria had to run to ........ up with her dog when it saw a cat.
a) chase
b) keep
c) pull
d) stand
Explanation: to keep up meaning move at the same speed as someone else