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Choose the correct article to complete each sentence:
______ Dal Lake freezes in winter sometimes.

A A
B An
C The
D No article

Choose the correct option to complete each sentence:
Why _________ you lend me your textbook? I really needed it.

A does
B don't
C didn't
D are

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete each sentence.

Sheela _____________ puts the bowl on the dining table

Acarefully
Bcarelessly
Cslowly
Dnicely

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete each sentence.

Since my father’s office was next to our house, he used to come home _______ lunch time.

Aon
Bfor
Cabout
Dat

Choose the correct word/phrase to complete each sentence.

The pressure of exams is really getting _______.

Ame down
Bdown to me
Cdown me
Dme going down

Choose the correct simple past or past continuous form of the verb from the alternatives given below :
I slept during the movie because it _______.

A is boring
B were boring
C bored
D was boring

Choose the correct option to fill in the blank:
Emily _______ her lessons when I went to her room.

A learning
B is learning
C was learning
D learnt

Mark the most appropriate one word substitution for the given description:
One who is very particular in one’s taste and choice –

A Veteran
B Stoic
C Ascetic
D Fastidious

Choose the correct conjunction to complete each sentence:
. _________ we were living in the same building, we never ran into each other.

A Because of
B Although
C Neither
D Either

Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
What do we mean when we say someone is intelligent? Intelligence is the ability to think on the basis of the information available and solve problems. After human beings, dolphins are the next most intelligent creatures on earth. Like human beings, dolphins have large brains when compared to their body size. Since dolphins cannot take an IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test to measure their intelligence, we measure it by comparing their brain size with their body size. This is called EQ (Encephalisation Quotient). Human EQ is 7.0, while a dolphin’s is 4.2 and the chimpanzees’, whales’ and elephants’ is 1.8 to 2.4. Dolphins come closest to us in intelligence.
For example, Kelly, the dolphin, is indeed very clever. She lives in the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. Dolphins there are taught to keep the pools clean. They bring any litter that falls into the pools to the trainers. Their reward is a fish. Kelly has taken her learning one step further. The intelligent mammal picks up pieces of paper people throw, and hides them at the bottom of the pool. She tears off a piece of paper and brings it to the trainer to get a reward. Fish-rewards are given whether a dolphin brings a small piece or a big one. She has trained the humans! A large gull flew into the pool one day. The intelligent Kelly grabbed it and gave it to the trainers. It was a large gull so the trainers gave Kelly lots of fish. A new idea came to Kelly. Kelly began saving and using one or two of the fish she got very intelligently. She broke the fish into pieces and spread them on the pool surface instead of eating it.
Pieces of fish attracted more gulls. The gulls were immediately caught and given to the trainers for more fish-rewards! Kelly has now trained her family and friends in the pool. Gull baiting is now very common. The dolphins' intelligence has surprised everyone.
The purpose of the passage is to _______.

Ainform readers about Kelly
Bdiscuss 'intelligence' and show some examples
Ctell readers that intelligence in animals is rare
Dall of these