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Directions:(1-5)Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:

1.

It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

2.

It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

3.

It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

4.

It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

5.

It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

Directions:(6-10) Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

6.

The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

7.

The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

8.

The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

 

9.

The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

 

10.

The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

 

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  • Directions:(1-5)Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks:

    1. Question

    It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

    Ans:5
    From the context of the passage we can infer that the blank requires a word similar in meaning to “complete”. Only option E satisfies this and thus, E is the right choice.

  • 2. Question

    It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

    Ans:3
    From the context of the passage we can infer that the blank requires a word similar in meaning to “cared “. Only option C satisfies this and thus, C is the right choice.
    Option D does not satisfy the blank grammatically.

  • 3. Question

    It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

    Ans:1
    From the context of the passage we can infer that the blank requires a word similar in meaning to “allowed”. Only option A satisfies this and thus, A is the right choice.

  • 4. Question

    It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

    Ans:2
    From the context of the passage we can infer that the blank requires a word similar in meaning to “anticipating “. Only option B satisfies this and thus, B is the right choice.

  • 5. Question

    It would have made a Stoic smile to have seen me and my little family sit down to dinner. There were my majesty, the prince and lord of the whole island; I had the lives of all my subjects at my ___(1)___ command; I could hang, draw, give liberty, and take it away, and no rebels among all my subjects. Then, to see how like a king I dined, too, all alone, ___(2)___ by my servants! Poll, as if he had been my favorite, was the only person ___(3)___ to talk to me. My dog, who was now grown old, sat always at my right hand; and two cats, one on one side of the table and one on the other, expecting now and then a ___(4)___ from my hand. With this attendance and in this ___(5)____ manner I lived; neither could I be said to want anything but society; and of that, some time after this, I was likely to have too much.

    Ans:4
    From the context of the passage we can infer that the blank requires a word similar in meaning to “lavish “. Only option D satisfies this and thus, D is the right choice.

    Directions:(6-10) Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks.

    6. Question

    The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

    It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

    Ans:3
    This sentence says that the architect must have knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning. Thus, equipped fits well in the blank.

  • 7. Question

    The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

    It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

    Ans:4
    This word must be used to present factors which are opposed or which support opposing opinions. Thus the phrase, on the other hand must be used here.

  • 8. Question

    The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

    It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

    Ans:1
    This blank should mean getting the necessary manual skill. Thus, the word acquiring fits perfectly in this blank.

  • 9. Question

    The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

    It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

    Ans:3
    Only the word relied makes perfect sense in this blank, as it means to depend upon.

  • 10. Question

    The architect should be ___(6)___ with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory. Practice is the continuous and regular exercise of employment where manual work is done with any necessary material according to the design of a drawing. Theory, on the other ___(7)___ , is the ability to demonstrate and explain the productions of dexterity on the principles of proportion.

    It follows, therefore, that architects who have aimed at ___(8)___ manual skill without scholarship have never been able to reach a position of authority to correspond to their pains, while those who ___(9)___only upon theories and scholarship were obviously hunting the shadow, not the substance. But those who have a ___(10)___ knowledge of both, like men armed at all points, have the sooner attained their object and carried authority with them.

    Ans:2
    This blank should mean an in-depth knowledge. Thus the word thorough fits perfectly in this blank.

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