1: Modern industry abounds ___
opportunities for young people with good scientific qualifications.
A. In
B. For
C. Into
D. With
Correct Answer: D
2: The boxing match proved to be a
“big draw”.
A. a keen
contest
B. a huge
attraction
C. a lovely spectacle
D. a game
without any result
Correct Answer: B
3: This matter has been “hanging
fire” for the last many days. It should be sorted out.
A. going on
slowly
B. hotly
debated
C. stuck up
D. ignored
Correct Answer: A
4: He was undecided. He “let the
grass grow under his feet”.
A. loitered
around
B. stayed
out
C. sat
unmoving
D. moved
away
Correct Answer: A
5: He is using “backstairs influence”
to sort out his matter.
A. Political
influence
B. Backing
influence
C. Deserving
and proper influence
D. Secret
and unfair influence
Correct Answer: D
6: Play to the gallery means_____?
A. advertise
B. cater to
the public taste
C. attempt
to appeal to popular taste
D. depend
upon the public for approval
Correct Answer: C
7: Stew in ones own juice means_______?
A. To fight
with his mind
B. To
destroy his memory
C. Suffer in
his own juice
D. Suffer
for his own act
Correct Answer: D
8: The
decision did not appear to “hold out” bright prospects.
A. highlight
B. show
C. offer
D. promise
Correct Answer: C
9: He is “out and out” a reactionary.
A. no more
B.
thoroughly
C. in favour
of
D. deadly
against
Correct Answer: B
10: Plough a lonely furrow
means________?
A. remain
unaffected
B. do
without the help of others
C. survive
in isolation
D. remain
non-aligned
Correct Answer: B