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. The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really (1)______ devastating because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. The biggest problem with them is that once they have been (2)______, they end up in the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or is burned. The indefinite period of time that it takes for the average plastic bag to break (3)______ can be literally hundreds of years. Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for the suffocation and deaths of woodland animals, as well as (4)______ soil nutrients. The land litter that is made up of plastic bags has the potential to kill over and over again. It has been estimated that one bag has the potential to inadvertently kill one animal per every three months due to unintentional digestion or inhalation. There are always alternatives to plastic bags, and the search for more alternatives continues. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: disinfected
Option 2: soiled
Option 3: moulded
Option 4: recycled
Correct Answer: soiled
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
Soiled means made dirty or unclean. In this context, it refers to the state of plastic bags after they have been used, which then end up in the trash.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Disinfected means treated to eliminate harmful organisms.
Moulded means shaped or formed.
Recycled means converted into reusable material.
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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. The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really (1)______ devastating because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. The biggest problem with them is that once they have been (2)______, they end up in the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or is burned. The indefinite period of time that it takes for the average plastic bag to break (3)______ can be literally hundreds of years. Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for the suffocation and deaths of woodland animals, as well as (4)______ soil nutrients. The land litter that is made up of plastic bags has the potential to kill over and over again. It has been estimated that one bag has the potential to inadvertently kill one animal per every three months due to unintentional digestion or inhalation. There are always alternatives to plastic bags, and the search for more alternatives continues. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: through
Option 2: out
Option 3: down
Option 4: even
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. The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really (1)______ devastating because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. The biggest problem with them is that once they have been (2)______, they end up in the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or is burned. The indefinite period of time that it takes for the average plastic bag to break (3)______ can be literally hundreds of years. Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for the suffocation and deaths of woodland animals, as well as (4)______ soil nutrients. The land litter that is made up of plastic bags has the potential to kill over and over again. It has been estimated that one bag has the potential to inadvertently kill one animal per every three months due to unintentional digestion or inhalation. There are always alternatives to plastic bags, and the search for more alternatives continues. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: vaguely
Option 2: randomly
Option 3: quite
Option 4: seldom
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. The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really (1)______ devastating because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. The biggest problem with them is that once they have been (2)______, they end up in the trash, which then ends up in the landfill or is burned. The indefinite period of time that it takes for the average plastic bag to break (3)______ can be literally hundreds of years. Throughout the world, plastic bags are responsible for the suffocation and deaths of woodland animals, as well as (4)______ soil nutrients. The land litter that is made up of plastic bags has the potential to kill over and over again. It has been estimated that one bag has the potential to inadvertently kill one animal per every three months due to unintentional digestion or inhalation. There are always alternatives to plastic bags, and the search for more alternatives continues. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: accumulating
Option 2: inhibiting
Option 3: demanding
Option 4: converting
Question : Comprehension: In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Over the past year, Dr. Hemmings has been conducting research on the big cat phenomenon and has already 1._________ the remains of some wild animals that may have been eaten by 2._________ far larger than any of the country's known carnivores. The project has 3.___________ an analysis of twenty skeletal animal remains 4.__________ from across Gloucestershire and other nearby counties. The bones were selected because the 5.____________ of their deaths led people to believe that these animals may have been killed by a big cat.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No.5
Option 1: opportunities
Option 2: potential
Option 3: affairs
Option 4: circumstances
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. The saving of certain wild animals from extinction (1)__________ many years been a problem for zoologists and other specialists, but more recently, the problem has become so (2)_________ and has received so much publicity that most people are now (3)__________ about it. This may at first seem strange because one of the most gratifying developments of the last few years has been the passing of strict laws to protect wild animals and the (4)___________ decline in the hunting of big-game for sport. Why is it then that some rare wild animals are still (5)__________ with extinction, and even some of the less rare ones are rapidly declining in number? Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 1.
Option 1: has for
Option 2: had for
Option 3: is for
Option 4: was of
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