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. Last week, I made the mistake of revisiting the village where I grew up. It used to be a small, friendly community with two farms and a number of old cottages around the village green. I realised very quickly that although in (1)_______ ways it appears unchanged, in reality hardly anything is the same. All the pretty cottages are there, of course, and both the traditional farmhouses. (2)_______, none of the inhabitants are country people. All of them are commuters, who leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land (3)_______ and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village (4)_______. There are a few new houses but, they have no local character. You can see the same style anywhere in the country. The whole village, (5)_______, has been tidied up so much that it looks no more picturesque than any suburban street.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: had been sold
Option 2: sells
Option 3: sold
Option 4: has been sold
Correct Answer: has been sold
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The phrase "the land has been sold" is in the present perfect tense. In the context of the passage, this tense is suitable because it conveys a connection between a past action (the sale of the land) and the present state (the land being managed by somebody in an office). The present perfect tense indicates relevance to the current situation.
So, the complete sentence would be: "Neither of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land has been sold and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village."
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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. Last week, I made the mistake of revisiting the village where I grew up. It used to be a small, friendly community with two farms and a number of old cottages around the village green. I realised very quickly that although in (1)_______ ways it appears unchanged, in reality, hardly anything is the same. All the pretty cottages are there, of course, and both the traditional farmhouses. (2)_______, none of the inhabitants are country people. All of them are commuters, who leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land (3)_______ and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village (4)_______. There are a few new houses, but they have no local character. You can see the same style anywhere in the country. The whole village, (5)_______, has been tidied up so much that it looks no more picturesque than any suburban street. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: of course
Option 2: despite
Option 3: in fact
Option 4: as a result
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: When
Option 2: But
Option 3: As
Option 4: Because
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. Last week, I made the mistake of revisiting the village where I grew up. It used to be a small, friendly community with two farms and a number of old cottages around the village green. I realised very quickly that although, in (1)_______ ways it appears unchanged, in reality, hardly anything is the same. All the pretty cottages are there, of course, and both the traditional farmhouses. (2)_______, none of the inhabitants are country people. All of them are commuters who leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land (3)_______ and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village (4)_______. There are a few new houses, but, they have no local character. You can see the same style anywhere in the country. The whole village, (5)_______, has been tidied up so much that it looks no more picturesque than any suburban street.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: few
Option 2: such
Option 3: many
Option 4: much
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: themselves
Option 2: itself
Option 3: herself
Option 4: himself
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Central Park Tower has just become the tallest residential building in the world. The views (1)______ this building are amazing. The (2)______ of apartments in this skyscraper are (3)______ as the sky. The cheapest apartment (4)______ at 6.7 million dollars, and the most (5)______ five-bedroom apartment costs 63 million dollars. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.
Option 1: economical
Option 2: excessive
Option 3: expensive
Option 4: extreme
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