Question 2
For each of the following questions, choose the correct answer (s) and number it correctly
(5 marks)
1. A remarkably _____ plant, the soybean yields not only dairy like products, but also flour,
cooking oil, and sprouts.
a. imperishable
b. resistant
c. incessant
d. versatile
2. Often, politics along communal lines prove to be ______ and in the long term ______ to the
unity of the country.
a. divisive … detrimental
b. diverse … dangerous
c. interesting … positive
d. effective … strengthening
3. Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe
ran counter to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ______was______.
a. reconciliation … assured
b. warfare … avoidable
c. ruination … impossible
d. conflict … inevitable
4. Sita's radical ideas were frowned on by most of her co-workers, who found them too _______
for their conservative tastes.
a. unorthodox
b. meticulous
c. precise
d. incoherent
5. _______ helps separate the chaff from the grain.
a. Whistling
b. Fanning
c. Winnowing
d. Whipping
B
