In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

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Despite all the research every one of us catches cold and most of us catch (1) ______ frequently. Our failure to control one of (2) ______ commonest of all ailments sometimes seems ridiculous. (3) ______ science regularly practises transplant surgery and (4) ______ rid whole countries of such killing (5) ______ as Typhus and the Plague. But the (6) ______ of common cold is unusually difficult and (7) ______ is yet to be done to solve it. It is known that a cold (8) ______ caused by one of the number (9) ______ viral infections that affect the lining of the (10) ______ and the other passages leading to the lungs but the confusing variety of viruses makes study and remedy very difficult. 

31)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 6.

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A)

Setback

B)

Hitch

C)

Difficulty

D)

Problem

32)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 7.

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A)

few

B)

Little

C)

many

D)

much

33)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 8.

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A)

are

B)

is

C)

were

D)

was

34)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 9.

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A)

for

B)

with

C)

in

D)

of

35)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 10.

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A)

tongue

B)

nose

C)

ears

D)

eyes

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.

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Twenty five years ago, while travelling and teaching in Turkey, Nepal and Iran, Bonnie Bergin noticed self-sufficient disabled people (1) ______ about their daily business, often using donkeys (2) ______ pots, pans and other wares to be sold. (3) ______ later returned to the United States (4) ______ work on a master's degree in special education. "I (5) ______ hard about what could be done to get such (6) ______ out of institutions and onto the streets, getting jobs, (7) ______ it came to me: dogs," says Bergin, (8) ______ today is the originator of the service-dog (9) ______. She ran into fierce resistance (10) ______ academics and professionals at first who said ‘Dogs spread disease’. 

36)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.

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A)

to go

B)

gone

C)

went

D)

going

37)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 2.

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A)

to carry

B)

carrying

C)

carry

D)

carried

38)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.

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A)

She

B)

It

C)

You

D)

They

39)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 4.

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A)

begin

B)

beginning

C)

to begin

D)

began

40)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 5.

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A)

supposed

B)

thought

C)

felt

D)

assumed