ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUESTION PAPER Total Number of Questions Time Limit Choose the best answer to fill in the

gaps : 30 :25 mins

1. The ______ prepared a very good Indian Meal A. B. C. D. baker chef michael grocer 2. The yellow part of an egg is called the __________. A. B. C. D. yolk yoke core albumen 3. A. B. C. D. If you put sugar in Hot coffee, it will __________

disappear melt decline dissolve 4. I have quit smoking. I know ....... I smoke, ....... my health will get.

A. B. C. D. E.

more / the most so much / that until / much the more / the worse the less / the fewer 5. Osman finally finished typing the report, and he wishes he ........ how long it ....... .

A) knew / had taken B) knows / have taken C) has known / will take D) had known / would take E) could know / might take

6. The girls ............ us, otherwise they would have greeted us. A) didn't see B) couldn't see C) hadn't seen D) would rather not see E) must not have seen

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Mike is in great difficulty now as everybody heard him ......... the boss' conduct.

A) to criticize B) criticizing C) was criticizing D) criticized E) had criticized

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Ian knows the truth, because he ....... Ed to tell about everything.

A) made B) forces C) got D) had E) has made

9. Because my parents are very protective ....... me, they won't allow me to come. A) of B) for C) at D) with E) on

10. You have violated our deal, you ................. painting the house long ago. A) could have finished B) have had to finish C) must have finished D) had better finish E) should have finished

11. China is known ............... greatly in terms of its cultural values over the past five years. A) to change B) to be changing C) changing D) to have changed E) having changed 12. I didn't buy the car ................. it completed all the performance tests successfully. A) however B) despite C) therefore D) besides E) even though

13. The aviation influenza is ...................... all countries are trying to find a cure for it. A) a so deadly disease B) so deadly a disease C) so a deadly disease D) a more deadly disease than E) such deadly that

Complete the unfinished sentences with the best choice

14. ....................................., but I'd guess he must be about sixty. A. My husband will phone the tour company and ask the price of the trip to Egypt B. I don't remember how much the shop assistant told us those jeans cost C. I don't know exactly how old Tim's father is D. Frank weighed himself and was horrified to see he is eight kilos E. Tom may be heavier than you, but don't forget that he is also taller 15. The cost of living in Alaska is extremely high, .................................. . A. as the price of petrol there is surprisingly low B. whereas Eskimos live in ice houses called igloos C. due to the fact that only about 500,000 people live there D. unless you really enjoy extremely cold weather and snow E. because nearly everything has to be imported 16. .........................., so the family of the victim were outraged A. They won their case and the burglar had to go to jail B. The girl completely recovered from the brutal attack C. They were relieved to see the murderer locked up in prison D. The murderer was only given a two and a half year prison sentence E. The judge had given the robber a harsh punishment

Fill in grammatically appropriate option in the following paragraph: Can we see (17) ......... the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If we watch closely, we see that the ship begins (18) ........ . The bottom of the ship disappears first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (19) ......... we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (20) ......... turn the orange away from you. You will see the pin disappear, (21) ......... a ship does on the earth. 17. A. if B. where C. that D. whether E. when

18. A. being disappeared B. to be disappeared C. to have disappeared D. to disappear E. having disappeared 19. A. until B. since C. after D. by the time E. unless

20. A. reluctantly B. accidentally C. slowly D. passionately E. carefully

21. A. the same B. alike C. just as D. by the way E. similar to

Complete the blank spaces in following sentences with best pair of options 22. Not again! This is the third time that I ....... my keys since I ........ home this morning. A. am losing/was leaving B. had lost/left C. lose/had left D. have lost/left E. will lose/have left 23. He ......... of retiring until after he .......... enough to afford a life abroad after retirement. A. hasn't thought/will save B. isn't thinking/has been saving C. won't think/is saving D. doesn't think/has saved E. didn't think/will have saved 24. For a year now, Mr. Harris .................. charity balls to collect money for the homeless. A. had been organizing B. was organizing C. would be organizing D. organized E. has been organizing 25. By the time it ............ mid-summer, I ............... at this firm for about ten years. A. was/could have worked B. will be/will have worked C. has been/will be working D. would be/had worked E. is/will have worked 26. When Bilal called me I ............. that we ............ fishing soon. A. remembered/had gone B. was remembering/would be going C. remembered/ would go D. remember/will be going E. had remembered/will go

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27. _____ . The feudal lords in England had always run their own law courts and profited by the fines paid by those brought to court. But King John took many cases out of their courts and tried them in his own, taking the money for himself. A) King John always had the full support of the feudal lords B) The administration of justice in Medieval England was completely centralized C) King John who lived in the 13th century, was unpopular mainly because he was greedy D) Medieval economy in England was based on agriculture E) The history of the British Parliament goes back to the signing of Magna Carta 28. The most important ideas of the 19th century was that everyone had the right to personal freedom which was the basis of capitalism. This idea had spread widely through Adam Smith's book Wealth of Nations, written in the 18th century. _____ . Fewer laws, they claimed, meant more freedom, and freedom for individuals would lead to happiness for the greatest number of people. A) The British government at this time was reluctant to make use of his ideas B) The result was a number of laws were passed to prevent people carrying guns C) Obviously Adam Smith was well informed about working conditions in the factories D) After Adam Smith, several capitalist economists argued that governments should not interfere in trade and industry at all E) By the turn of the 20th century, capitalism had grown less popular outside England 29. For centuries, scientists and philosophers have speculated on the structure of the universe and the existence of galaxies outside our own. But until the 20th century, they were able to do no more than speculate. ____ . Using grant telescopes, ultraviolet and infrared instruments, and high speed computers, they are studying the formation of galaxies for further insights into the nature of cosmos. A) Meanwhile, the study of other galaxies has led to an extraordinary insight into the possible structure of the universe B) We know, of course, that the universe is designed on a scale far more grand C) After decades of speculation, in fact, we have started to penetrate to the very center of our own galaxy D) Now, however, scientists have determined that the universe is made up of thousands of millions of galaxies E) They have located regions that are very much disturbed with hot turbulent gases swirling at great force about the center 30. In recent years remarkable results have been achieved in the field of organ transplants. Formerly, a genetically alien tissue could not be transplanted. ____ . This is now no longer the case. A) Naturally the future of the medicine will be affected greatly by developments in organ transplants B) We are familiar with it as the response of the body to an infectious germ C) Actually the body generates an army of antibodies to fight off the invading germs D) Eventually, it will be possible to transplant any organ from one person to another E) Plastic surgery used to depend on using the skin or tissues of the patient himself or of a genetically identical twin