English Questions: Fill in the Blanks 80

Direction (1-10): In each question below two sentences are given with two blanks in each. Each question is followed by four options with two words in each. You have to select that option as your answer which can fill both the blanks of both the sentence I and II.

1. a. Because of the ____________ love I have for my ______________, I would never yell at them like some young people do.
   b. The plot was weak because it failed to establish the _______________ connection that should exist between _______________ and a son who love each other.
   adoring, lady
   obedient, people
   affectionate, enemy
   filial, parents
   All are correct
   Option D
   filial = relating to or due from a son or daughter.

    

2. a. If he can ____________ his client of the charges in spite of the circumstantial evidence against him, he will be performing a _______________.
   b. Although the new evidence seems to ________________ the defendant of the breaking and entering charges, there is still a chance of the ________________.
   convict, gestalt
   incriminate, visa
   betray, dance
   vindicate, miracle
   All are correct
   Option D
   vindicate = show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified.

    

3. a. In her monthly speech, the school counselor will ______________ the students to plan for their futures so they will be prepared for _______________.
   b. As a dear friend, I ______________ you to eat well and exercise regularly so you will have a long ___________.
   counsel, lie
   goad, wealth
   exhort, life
   incite, rounder
   All are correct
   Option C
   exhort= strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

    

4. a. After vandals looted the stores, an ___________ erupted among the rioters sending several _____________ to the hospital.
   b. What began as a simple squabble between friends turned into an ____________ among several _____________.
   coincide, class
   affray, people
   categorize, categories
   armistice, phones
   All are correct
   Option B
   affray = an instance of group fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace.

    

5. a. Although Mary knows the advantages of using a microwave for food preparation, she is old-fashioned and _____________ to serving ______________ she has not personally prepared.
   b. For those who are _____________ to spaghetti, you also have the ______________ choice of baked chicken with roasted potatoes.
   averse, meal
   sassy, eatable
   desirous, kind
   inclined, dazy
   All are correct
   Option A
   averse = having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.

    

6. a. On May the 3rd, instructions were given to ___________ the remains in mass _____________.
   b. A special process must take place before we can ____________ the bodies of the deceased into their ______________.
   inter, graves
   exhume, tombs
   disinter, deeps
   dig, engraves
   All are correct
   Option A
   

    

7. a. Offering of the displaced workers _____________ packages is the least the ____________ could do before shutting down operations.
   b. Unable to come to an agreement regarding working hours, ______________ from the cleaning ______________ was the only solution the contractor could come up with.
   isolation, phone
   rupture, vindiction
   severance, company
   split, organ
   All are correct
   Option C
   severance = the action of ending a connection or relationship.

    

8. a. Although I realized that my accountant would probably _______________ me for not making quarterly _____________ to the IRS, I preferred to hold on to my money as long as I could.
   b. Mary knew that things had been very hectic at her husband’s job, so she didn’t _______________ him for not making the ______________ of their shopping.
   applaud, evasion
   chide, payment
   emulate, penalty
   laud, annuity
   All are correct
   Option B
   chide -= scold or rebuke.

    

9. a. As she pushed the baby-fine hair out of her face, the girl’s _____________ locks ___________ on her shoulders.
   b. _____________ clouds, fine and thin, ______________ around in the air.
   wispy, bounced
   chubby, vaulted
   dense, hoped
   firm, skipped
   All are correct
   Option A
   wispy = (of hair, threads, smoke, etc.) fine; feathery.

    

10. a. Hanging his head in shame, the spineless ____________ was exiled from his _____________ for treason.
    b. The _______________ helped the Russians conquer his _____________ and sold them many classified documents.
    traitor, area
    relegate, place
    quisling, country
    Judas, hem
    All are correct
    Option C
    quisling = a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country.