Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
We need the energy to move and we (1)__________ on oil for it. Without it, our jobs, our free time and our mobility (2)___________ all be very different. Every day we (3)____________ 70 million barrels of oil. Every year we consume 2,200 million tonnes of coal and 2,500 billion cubic metres of gas. It's a long story! Total (4)____________ in 1924, and for many years it was a French state oil company. In 1999, Total joined Petrofina, the Belgian oil and gas company, and in 2000, Total (5)__________ with its main French competitor, Elf Aquitaine, and the name became Total Fina Elf. Now it's called Total again, and it's France's biggest company.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.3
Option 1: consume
Option 2: devour
Option 3: take
Option 4: absorb
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Correct Answer: consume
Solution : The correct answer is the first option, i.e., consume.
The word consume is commonly used when referring to the use of resources or substances like oil, coal, and gas. In the context of the passage, it is the most suitable word to indicate the daily usage of these resources.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.4
Option 1: had founded
Option 2: was founded
Option 3: founded
Option 4: were founded
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.2
Option 1: can
Option 2: shall
Option 3: could
Option 4: will
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.1.
Option 1: hang
Option 2: turn
Option 3: settle
Option 4: depend
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.5
Option 1: merged
Option 2: combine
Option 3: join
Option 4: incorporate
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. One’s options in this world are as (1) ___________________ as the horizon, which is technically a circle and thus (2) _______________ broad. Yet we must choose each step we take with (3) _______________ caution, for the footprints we leave (4) ___________ are as important as the (5) _____________ we will follow. They’re part of the same journey: our story. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: utmost
Option 2: slack
Option 3: unmindful
Option 4: inattentive
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