English Quiz for SBI PO Prelims 2015 - Set 5

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out, each of which is indicated by a number. Find the suitable word from the options given against each number and fill up the blanks with appropriate words to make the paragraph meaningfully:

My friend Joya became addicted of drugs when she was __1__19 years old. She was stealing money from her parents to buy drugs. The __2__ of lying, stealing and addiction led to a breakdown. When I counselled her, she told her parents about her drug use and tried hard to __3__. But she couldn’t. By December 2012, joya had __4__ to a daily habit of taking in the college. But school staff __5__ her plans, and called joya’s parents to come and pick her up. Just two months shy of graduating, she was expelled from the college. Being her friend I __6__ clicked with the staff. But they didn’t give her a last chance .They weren’t just __7__ on her grades. They were focused on her sobriety, too. Then Joya was given a job on her father’s recommendation in his company to keep her busy while her parents looked for ways to help her. We also found a treatment centre for her. __8__ then she had quit using again, and felt good about enrolling at treatment centre. She __9__ to __10__ with her addiction. She knew that one of the most important lessons was making a commitment to honesty – with herself, and with others. Joya learned she had to be honest with herself. Finally that day came when she got self-control on her habit of addiction completely. Now she is more confident and living a healthy life.

1. (a) of (b) just (c) unless (d) only if (e) while

2. (a) combination (b) ascetic (c) mnemonic (d) impudent (e) respectful

3. (a) apposite (b) apt (c) quit (d) pertinent (e) exit

4. (a) returned (b) amalgamated (c) combined (d) supposed (e) used

5. (a) conferred (b) countrified (c) discovered (d) bestowed (e) consulted

6. (a) immediately (b) summarily (c) eventually (d) never (e) before

7. (a) bucolic (b) focused (c) neglected (d) adjusted (e) dispersed

8. (a) since (b) while (c) ever (d) before (e) by

9. (a) promoted (b) ceased (c) left (d) continued (e) progressed

10. (a) retreat (b) strife (c) truce (d) conflict (e) fight