Directions: In the passage given below there are 10 blanks. Every blank has four alternative phrases given in options (A),(B),(C), and (D). You have to tell which phrase is APPROPRIATE according to the context. If all are appropriate then mark your answer as “E”.
The situation did not ___1___. Espen depended on Julia to pick him up but she had not ___2___. He worried about what might have happened to her. Perhaps she had been ___3___ by a notoriously bad band of ninjas. Espen hoped Julia would fight against such evildoers. Or, perhaps she had just forgotten about him. Could she ___4___ like that? If she had simply failed to remember him, he promised that he would ___5___ her when he saw her next. But, then again, what if Julia had been ___6___ by conniving bank robbers? What if she had refused to give them her car for a getaway vehicle? What if she had passed out in her attempts to ___7___ him? Just then, when Espen had decided not to ___8___ her, Julie ___9___ to the curb. She was just running late. She gazed at Espen, and Espen blushed, thinking about his unfounded anger. He ___10___ the car, but, before he could apologize, she started yammering on about how bad traffic had been. Espen silently vowed to wait patiently for her tomorrow.
1. add on
add up
add up to
add in
All are Correct
2. shown off
shown in
shown up
shown around
All are Correct
3. taken away
taken after
taken back
taken apart
All are Correct
4. let him off
let him in
let him down
let him on
All are Correct
5. lay off
lay down
lay in on
lay up
All are Correct
6. knocked off
knocked out
knocked back
knocked about
All are Correct
7. get on
get down
get at
get to
All are Correct
8. give away
give in
give up on
give in to
All are Correct
9. pulled ahead
pulled up
pulled off
pulled for
All are Correct
10. got away with
got off
got into
got by
All are Correct
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