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Some local shops have been charged for ______ tourists by
overcharging them on certain electronic goods. |
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(A) |
robbing |
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(B) |
exhorting |
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(C) |
swindling |
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(D) |
fleecing |
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2. |
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The people in the bank _______ behind walls and under tables
when the robbers fired a few shots into the air. |
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(A) |
cowered |
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(B) |
stumbled |
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(C) |
sheltered |
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(D) |
towered |
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The dentist ______ me that I would
not feel any pain but I still cringed in fear. |
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(A) |
advised |
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(B) |
reassured |
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(C) |
reminded |
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(D) |
consoled |
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I felt ______ in my stomach as I went onstage to deliver a
speech on Graduation Day. |
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(A) |
worms |
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(B) |
insects |
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(C) |
butterflies |
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(D) |
caterpillars |
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She has a phobia for _______-crawlies and lets out a shrill
scream whenever she sees lizards or cockroaches. |
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(A) |
scary |
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(B) |
creepy |
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(C) |
horror |
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(D) |
freaky |
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As the class monitor, Joan has the
contact numbers of her classmates at her finger ______. |
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(A) |
ends |
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(B) |
nails |
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(C) |
tips |
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(D) |
tops |
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7. |
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A large percentage of people in
India live in ______ where makeshift houses are fashioned out of
cardboard and there is no running water. |
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(A) |
estates |
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(B) |
slums |
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(C) |
neighborhoods |
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(D) |
constituencies |
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She did not even ______ an eyelid when the teacher told her
there was a surprise quiz whereas her classmates scrambled to
get in some last-minute revisions. |
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(A) |
bat |
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(B) |
shut |
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(C) |
blink |
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(D) |
move |
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The shepherd heard the lamb ______
away and found it at the corner of the barn. |
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(A) |
braying |
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(B) |
bleating |
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(C) |
clucking |
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(D) |
whinnying |
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10. |
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Jason jumped ______ the opportunity
to represent his school in the inter-school debating
competition. |
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(A) |
over |
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(B) |
on |
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(C) |
at |
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(D) |
with |
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