Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
As writers, we live life twice, like (1) _________ cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest (2) __________ again. We have a second chance (3)_________ biting into our experience and examining it. This is our life and it's not going to last forever. There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story, poem, or novel. Slow down now, touch what is (4) __________ you, and out of care and compassion for (5)__________ moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: any
Option 2: a
Option 3: some
Option 4: as
Correct Answer: a
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The article "a" is used before the noun "cow" in the sentence "like a cow" to indicate that we are referring to any cow in general rather than a specific cow.
In this context, the comparison being made is not about a particular cow but about the general behaviour or process that cows follow in eating and digesting their food.
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As writers, we live life twice, like (1) _________ cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest (2) __________ again. We have a second chance (3)_________ biting into our experience and examining it. This is our life and it's not going to last forever. There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story, poem, or novel. Slow down now, touch what is (4) __________ you, and out of care and compassion for (5) __________ moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: each
Option 2: both
Option 3: few
Option 4: little
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
'Habitual' may be replaced by '_ '
Option 1: Stagnant
Option 2: Continual
Option 3: Temperate
Option 4: Holistic
Don't take the wind out of my____________ and tell me I'm going nowhere with my life.
Option 1: boat
Option 2: wings
Option 3: sails
Option 4: sales
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. I take my _______ off to our freedom fighters for their service to our country.
Option 1: boots
Option 2: hat
Option 3: gun
Option 4: socks
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
We need the energy to move and we (1)__________ on oil for it. Without it, our jobs, our free time and our mobility (2)___________ all be very different. Every day we (3)____________ 70 million barrels of oil. Every year we consume 2,200 million tonnes of coal and 2,500 billion cubic metres of gas. It's a long story! Total (4)____________ in 1924, and for many years it was a French state oil company. In 1999, Total joined Petrofina, the Belgian oil and gas company, and in 2000, Total (5)__________ with its main French competitor, Elf Aquitaine, and the name became Total Fina Elf. Now it's called Total again, and it's France's biggest company.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.
Option 1: hang
Option 2: turn
Option 3: settle
Option 4: depend
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