Genera English I

Quiz 2 (CRS)

Circle the correct answer

 1. My father urged me to pursue it.

 a. teach                                 b.
follow                               c.
continue                              d.
learn

2. We have to pay
attention to the sounds everyone else is---------------.

a. playing                                b. creating                            c. making                                d. producing

3. We are giving
workshops and performance -------------------- Balinese theater.

a. of                                         b. in                                      c. at                                         d. on

4. That sentence
doesn’t make sense. It’s -------

a. unknown                             b. uncertain                          c. unbelievable                       d. unclear

5. The gamelan ensemble traditionally consists of at least 20 male musicians.

a. a passage of
music   b. musical instrument      c. band of music     d. a group of performers

6. Many of the ski resorts in the U.S have special programs for disabled people.

a. pitches                                  b. competition          c. tracks           d. places where people go holidays

7. Which pairs of
words are NOT synonyms?

a. evidence ,
document          b. typical ,usual                   c. opportunity ,chance               d.
active ,extinct

8. Which word does
not belong to the group?

a. spine                                   b. trunk                                c. limb                                        d. injury

9. A part of a
mountain that is higher at one end than the other is a ------------.

a. steep                                   b. slope                                c. valley                                     d. foot

10. Utley ---------
football for the Detroit Lions.

a. hurt playing                        b. was hurt playing              c. was hurt to play                     d. hurting playing

11. Today, he is -----------
a program ------ Vail------ disabled skiers.

a. in/at/for                               b. at/for/of                            c on /in/of                                  d.
in/ of/for

12. Utley says skiing
gives him a chance to go out and ------ his life.

a. is living                               b. living                                c. lives                                        d. live

To honor Kelly, a statue of him has been placed along the marathon route.

13.a. pride                               b. award                               c. praise                                     d. promise

14. a. way                                b. road                                  c. coarse                                    d. pathway

15. He went to
medical center to have his blood pressure -----------.

a. checking                             b. checked                           c. to check                                 d. check

16. Kelly -----------
the record for running more Boston Marathons than anyone else.

a. keeps                                  b. preserves                         c. holds                                       d. gets

17. As a young boy,
he was very much in --------- of his uncle.

a. challenge                            b. pressure                           c. awe                                         d. hint

18. Why would any
one want the torture of running for twenty –six miles?

a. relief                                   b. admiration                       c. encounter                               d. pain

19. The runners
don’t know what kind of conditions to -----------.

a. prepare                               b. expect                              c. train                                        d. serve

20. Jean has ------ a lot of weight recently.

a. gained                                 b. put                                    c. made                                      d. reached