Multiple choice questions in english (passage with blanks)


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Read the following passage with numbered blanks then choose the correct word for each blank from the corresponding given alternatives-
We know that average depth of the sea is about two and half miles, but in a few places it is very dep indeed - over six miles. The air presses upon our bodies with a weight of about fifteen pounds to the square inch at ...31... We are used to this pressure and ...32... not notice it. In the sea this ...33... is doubled at a depth of thirty-five feet, and it ...34... at this rate for greater depths. In the great deeps ...35... the Philippine Island, a man would be squeezed and utterlt crushed by pressure of ...36... tons per suqare inch. Pressure near the ocean foore is ....37... great that if you were to weigh a piece of wood and ....38... it to a great depth and then pull it ...39... and again it woult no longer float., ...40... it would have become waterlogged. All the tiny would cells and cavities ...41... havee burst burst and become filled with water. We ...42... that animals live at a depth of three miles and more and we wonder ...43... this cab be. The bodies of animals down ...44... are almost entirely filled with water, and ...45... saves them from being crushed. However, many of ...46... animals contain some gases as well, for ...47... they are captured in nets and drawn ...48... the surface these gases expand so much the the animal ...98...explodes. Its body is torn to shreds as it ...50... 31)
	sea level	sea water
	sea-bed	mid-sea
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32)
	do	does
	did	was
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33
	volume	weight
	pressure	area
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34)
	decreases	increases
	expands	same
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35)
	of	off
	on	in
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36)
	severe	sheer
	several	more
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37)
	such	not
	so	same
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38)
	follow	lower
	higher	measure
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39)
	down	of
	off	up
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40)
	then	but
	for	when
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41)
	could	should
	would	must
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42)
	are knowing	have known
	know	knew
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43)
	how	what
	why	when
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44)
	here	there
	where	no where
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45)
	this	those
	these	thus
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46)
	such	there
	these	those
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47)
	then	since
	for	when
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48)
	to	on
	in	from
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49)
	actually	eventually
	never	immediatelt
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50)
	jumps	lands
	bursts	slips
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Read the following passage with numbered blanks then choose the correct word for each blank from the corresponding given alternatives-