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English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 58
The Parliamentary Candidate (1)
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Q1
There was absolutely no ....... that Henry Orpington liked politics. He talked politics all the time.
(a) belief
(b) concern
(c) query
(d) doubt
Q2
All the members of his family were pleased therefore when Henry was ....... as the prospective parliamentary
candidate for the constituency in which they were living.
(a) adapted
(b) added
(c) adopted
(d) addicted
Q3
One year later the date of the general election was ....... by the Prime Minister.
(a) announced
(b) denounced
(c) presented
(d) delivered
Q4
....... the election campaign Henry's wife and his two teenage daughters worked night and day for him
(a) for
(b) throughout
(c) by
(d) from
Q5
and he finally ....... a seat in the House of Commons by a very large majority.
(a) chose
(b) bought
(c) derived
(d) won
Q6
Every day of the campaign was a .......
(a) trial
(b) experiment
(c) challenge
(d) achievement
Q7
but there was one day in particular that Henry would never ........
(a) remember
(b) forget
(c) discover
(d) avoid
Q8
That was the day he thought he was going to be blown ....... by a bomb.
(a) out
(b) over
(c) off
(d) up
Q9
On a Friday morning at the beginning of the campaign, the phone ....... in the Orpingtons' house at 6.30 in the
morning.
(a) ringed
(b) rung
(c) rang
(d) wrung
Q10 Henry got out of bed and ran down the stairs. He ....... who could possibly be ringing at that early hour in the
morning.
(a) wondered
(b) asked
(c) considered
(d) believed

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