COMPETITIVE EXAM QUESTIONS PART 131

1. Not until a monkey is several year old ____________to exhibit signs of independence from its mother.

     A. does it begin

     B. it begins

2. A famous economist says that the government should do more to ____________jobs in the area in order to curb the ___________ rate of unemployment.
      A. create, rising
      B. need, increasing


3. Serious threat to our ecology and environment can be __________ with organic cultivation.
      A. combated
      B. aggravated

4. A garden knife is ___________ used for pruning.
     A. generally
     B. daily

5. The three brothers formed a little __________ within the family.
    A. party
    B. camp
    C. coterie

6. She heard the __________ of the hinges.
     A. ratting
    B. rustling
    C. crashing
    D. creaking

7. New Year’s resolutions typically include the __________ of alcohol.
     A. repudiation
     B. dissuade

8. That author writes with __________ about his experiences.
      A. stupefaction
      B. penury
      C. candor

9. The batsman __________ his career in a splendid way.
      A. terse

      B. set off

10. That place is an __________ of multicultural Britain.
      A. efface

      B. exemplar