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110. intermediate-25
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Intermediate level # 25
The Hare and the Tortoise
 
Q1
One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ....... the short feet of the tortoise.
(a) laughed
(b) ridiculed
(c) ridiculous
(d) laughter
Q2
He also made ....... of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.
(a) fun
(b) joke
(c) laugh
(d) funny
Q3
The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ....... him in a race.
(a) strike
(b) hit
(c) beat
(d) knock
Q4
It was ....... that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.
(a) consented
(b) permitted
(c) allowed
(d) agreed
Q5
The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ....... pace all the time to the end of the race.
(a) steadying
(b) steadied
(c) steady
(d) steadily
Q6
The hare shot ahead and then decided to ....... down at the side of the path for a rest.
(a) lay
(b) lie
(c) laid
(d) lain
Q7
It wasn't long before the hare fell into a ....... sleep.
(a) profound
(b) steep
(c) deep
(d) full
Q8
When he woke up, he couldn't ....... his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.
(a) understand
(b) believe
(c) comprehend
(d) follow
Q9
At the end of the race the tortoise, ....... by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.
(a) destroyed
(b) excavated
(c) exhausted
(d) evacuated
Q10 The moral of this fable is: slow but ....... always wins the race in the end.
(a) sure
(b) evident
(c) certain
(d) definite

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