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Cae Use Of English Quiz 5 (25 MCQs)

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1. PiracyPiracy was not (1) ..... ? by men like Blackbeard and 'Black Bart' Roberts.
2. Now, however, longer hours spent working at the office, together with the Internet and satellite television, are eroding neighbourhood .....
3. Did you have ..... problems?
4. It is one of three countries that form the political (6) ..... ? called Great Britain, the other two being, of course, England and Wales, which, along with their fourth partner, Northern Ireland, becomes the United Kingdom.
5. Few of these objects survive their encounter (5) ..... ? our atmosphere.
6. Neighbours gossiping over garden fences and in the street was a common ..... in the 1950s.
7. We'll have to put off the trip until next week.
8. In a single day, rail passengers could travel hundreds of miles, ..... previous journey times by huge margins
9. The horse did have something more to offer. It had the potential to (7) ..... ? nothing less than a revolution .....
10. But the railways ..... more than revolutionise travel;
11. Their needs for meat, milk, skins and wool were being met, and it may not have been immediately obvious to them that the horse had anything more to offer than the occasional (6) ..... ? of the chase and a different type of meat.
12. You have probably seen thousands of cigarettes smoked in your lifetime, ..... perhaps not by your family.
13. I really need to brush up on my Spanish before the trip.
14. The management decision ..... the way for changes.
15. In the 19th century, the railway in Britain ..... something more than just the business of carrying goods and passengers.
16. Whole towns and industrial centres ..... up around major rail junctions, monumental bridges and viaducts crossed rivers and valleys.
17. I couldn't get over how beautiful the sunset was.
18. Trains were associated with romance, adventure and, frequently, ..... luxury.
19. If you want to do a course, you have many ..... to choose from.
20. Concerned about the rise in burglaries and ..... of vandalism, the police have launched a Neighbourhood Watch.
21. I suggest you ..... a telephone card as soon as you arrive in the country.
22. MeteorsMost of us have (1) ..... ? at the sky and seen what is commonly called a falling, or shooting, star.
23. By the end of the century, almost enough rail track to ..... the world covered this small island.
24. These momentary streaks occur when meteors, object generally ranging from the size of dust (4) ..... ? to fist-size masses, enter the earth's atmosphere at speeds up to 44 miles per second and ionized (or heated) to incandescence 50 to 75 miles above the earth.
25. The MicroscopeAn important invention in the development of science and medicine was the microscope. It was (1) ..... ? the principle that light could be .....
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