Sentence Completion

Pick out the most effective pair of words from the given pair of words to make the sentences meaning fully complete.

1. Ravi ...... a bit ...... he was not invited by his friend to attend the party.

2. Conditions in the country have grown so ...... that many refugees have risked death to ......

b. comfortable, survival

3. To ...... yourself from ...... wear warm clothes.

4. The police ...... any attempt of arson by ...... at the trouble spot quite in time.

a. squashed, surrounding

c. predisposed, visiting

d. thwarted, presenting

e. pre-empted, arriving

5. ...... the broker had warned him that the stock was a ...... investment, he insisted on buying a thousand shares.

b. Since, negligible

c. Because, speculative

e. Although, precarious

6. The Prime Minister said that the ...... to increase employment will be ...... on the efforts to raise productivity in the economy.

a. scheme, complementary

b. policy, dependent

c. strategy, contingent

d. determination, reliant

e. programme, supplementary

7. He shifted to his late parents' house not because of the ...... it provided but for purely ...... reasons.

a. convenience, sentimental

d. comforts, personal

e. benefit, extraneous

8. He was ...... of playing ...... and loose with the sentiments of his dearest friends.

a. complained, thick

9. I would like to ...... your attention to the second paragraph of my letter ...... to the terms of sale of the machinery.

a. invite, according

b. withdraw, regarding

e. focus, connecting

10. Public sector units running at a loss should be given the option to be ...... to the highest bidder with a golden handshake for employees or to be converted into workers' cooperatives with workers holding ...... ownership.

b. credited, financial

d. handed, reasonable

e. auctioned, equity

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Protecting bones Walk with sticks

Nordic walking (using poles to work the arms and upper body) is said by practitioners to engage 90 percent of skeletal muscles. Running uses 70; swimming a mere 35. Enrol in a class to learn the technique and hook up with a group of enthusiasts.

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Protecting bones Walk with sticks