Question. One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ....... the short feet of the tortoise.
(a) laughed
(b) ridiculed
(c) ridiculous
(d) laughter
Answer. B
Question. He also made ....... of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.
(a) fun
(b) joke
(c) laugh
(d) funny
Answer. A
Question. The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ....... him in a race.
(a) strike
(b) hit
(c) beat
(d) knock
Answer. C
Question. It was ....... that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.
(a) consented
(b) permitted
(c) allowed
(d) agreed
Answer. D
Question. The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ....... pace all the time to the end of the race.
(a) steadying
(b) steadied
(c) steady
(d) steadily
Answer. C
Question. The hare shot ahead and then decided to ....... down at the side of the path for a rest.
(a) lay
(b) lie
(c) laid
(d) lain
Answer. B
Question. It wasn't long before the hare fell into a ....... sleep.
(a) profound
(b) steep
(c) deep
(d) full
Answer. C
Question. When he woke up, he couldn't ....... his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.
(a) understand
(b) believe
(c) comprehend
(d) follow
Answer. B
Question. At the end of the race the tortoise, ....... by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.
(a) destroyed
(b) excavated
(c) exhausted
(d) evacuated
Answer. C
Question. The moral of this fable is: slow but ....... always wins the race in the end.
(a) sure
(b) evident
(c) certain
(d) definite
Answer. A