Question. A man had two dogs: a hound ....... to help him with his sports and another to guard the house.
(a) trained
(b) tutored
(c) brought up
(d) educated
Answer. A
Question. Whenever the hunter came home, he always gave the house dog a large ....... of what he caught.
(a) section
(b) slice
(c) portion
(d) quantity
Answer. C
Question. The hound dog was very ....... about this.
(a) overturned
(b) set up
(c) upturned
(d) upset
Answer. D
Question. He told the house dog he found it very ....... having to do all the hard work.
(a) annoyed
(b) annoying
(c) annoys
(d) annoy
Answer. B
Question. What made things worse, he continued, was that the house dog never ....... part in any of the hunting.
(a) did
(b) put
(c) took
(d) had
Answer. C
Question. All the house dog did was simply to feed himself on the results of the ....... that the hound dog undertook.
(a) exertions
(b) extremes
(c) exercises
(d) excesses
Answer. A
Question. The house dog felt he had to ....... himself in the face of all this criticism.
(a) display
(b) detect
(c) defend
(d) distend
Answer. C
Question. The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to ....... someone.
(a) accuse
(b) blame
(c) disapprove
(d) fault
Answer. B
Question. The house dog told him to criticize their master who had taught him not how to work but how to ....... on the work of others.
(a) hang
(b) support
(c) attach
(d) depend
Answer. D
Question. The moral of this fable is: you mustn't ....... children for the mistakes of their parents.
(a) reproach
(b) reprieve
(c) repeal
(d) reject
Answer. A