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1.

  The pupils were all ears when the principal spoke to them.
               
    (A)

attentive

 
(B) afraid
    (C) restless  
    (D) alarmed  
               
2.   The millionaires daughter was taken away by force outside her school.
               
    (A) stolen  
(B) extorted
    (C)

abducted

 
    (D) grabbed  
               
3.   It is unfair to say that women are more liable to idle talk about others.
               
    (A)

gossip

 
(B) whisper
    (C) advice  
    (D) quarrel  
               
4.   Ahmad pushed gently with his elbow to signal to Mingfu that the teacher was just behind him.
               
    (A)

nudged

 
(B) jabbed
    (C) pushed  
    (D) snorted  
               
5.   The car screeched to stop; missing the man crossing the road by just an inch.
               
    (A) motorist  
(B)

pedestrian

    (C) victim  
    (D) passenger  
               
6.   Decai and Dawei must be placed in different groups because they are always at loggerheads with each other.
               
    (A) talking  
    (B) fighting
    (C) playing  
    (D)

quarreling

 
               
7.   The old woman was easily taken in by the conmen.
               
    (A) convinced  
    (B) accepted
    (C)

tricked

 
    (D) admitted  
         
8.   The audience applauded when the musician concluded his rendition of the theme song.
         
    (A) started  
    (B)

ended

 
    (C) continued  
    (D) played  
         
9.   His mother asked him to help with the dishes but he told her that he would not.
         
    (A)

refused

 
    (B) complained  
    (C) grumbled  
    (D) frowned  
         
10.   The sum of money demanded by Susan's mother for the wedding was unreasonable.
         
    (A) ransom  
    (B)

dowry

 
    (C) fine  
    (D) fee  
         

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