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.5
Option 1: merged
Option 2: combine
Option 3: join
Option 4: incorporate
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Correct Answer: merged
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
It accurately represents the action of two companies coming together or combining to form a single entity.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no.3
Option 1: consume
Option 2: devour
Option 3: take
Option 4: absorb
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
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.
As writers, we live life twice, like (1) _________ cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest (2) __________ again. We have a second chance (3)_________ biting into our experience and examining it. This is our life and it's not going to last forever. There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story, poem, or novel. Slow down now, touch what is (4) __________ you, and out of care and compassion for (5) __________ moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: away
Option 2: more
Option 3: it
Option 4: a few
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