Mr. Chips MSQs
PAST PAPER (PART II)
1.
You’re such a remarkable old
boy that one never knows.
(a)Clever (b) Smart (c) Common (d)
noteworthy
2.
When you are getting on in
years, you get very sleepy at times.
(a)Living (b) running (c)
ousting (d) growing
old
3.
Each star makes its voyage in
complete loneliness.
(a)Rotation (b)journey (c)movement (d)passenger
4.
Wet herby was very fatherly.
(a)Loathsome (b) ugly (c) strict (d) affectionate
5.
Chips assumed a scowl in his
first class.
(a) Worry (b) confidence (c)
frown (d) fun
6.
The boys seemed to be ready to pounce on him.
(a)Plunder (b) stand (c)
jump on (d) work
7.
He remembered the day of his preliminary
interview.
(a)Introductory (b)
last (c)
long (d) successful
8.
The autumn gales rattled the
window.
(a)Shut (b) opened (c) clang (d) broke
9.
At the beginning, Chips discipline
was not reliable.
(a)Perfect (b) defective (c)
dependable (d) deep
10.
The boys were implacable in mobs.
(a)Selfish (b) unforgiving (c)
selfless (d) unruly
11.
Wert herby was very fatherly.
Ugly (b)
strongly (c) loving (d) strict
12.
Brookfield is an old foundation.
(a)Institution (b) hall (c)
stop (d) post office
13.
When you are getting on in years,
you get very sleepy at times.
(a)Drowsy (b
noisy (c)
sweaty (d) smart
14.
And one of the Barnhart boys, a chubby
little fellow, made a brilliant century.
(a)Tall (b) plump (c) lean (d) thin
15.
The boys looked like little ruffians.
(a)Worms (b) babies (c)
angels (d) rascals
16.
Brook field became illustrious
sometimes.
(a)Famous (b)
rude (c)
generated (d) degraded
17.
Chips were given uproarish
farewell.
(a)Comfortable (b) quiet (c)
noisy (d) calm
18.
Chips had no private means.
(a)Relations (b)
problems (c) sources (d) troubles
19.
His dream had been to get a headship
eventually.
(a)Finally (b)
slowly (c) gradually (d) certainly
20.
Some snobbish people said
that they thought they had heard of Brookfield.
(a)Rich (b) poor (c)
humble (d) arrogant
21.
Brookfield became illustrious
sometimes.
(a)Splendid (b)
rude (c)
degenerated (d) degraded
At
fifty he was the doyen of the staff.
(a)Head (b)
servant (c) senior member (d)
principal
22.
At the age of fifty, Chips was the doyen
of the staff.
(a)Comrade (b)leader (c)subordinate (d)adviser
23.
At forty, he was rooted,
settled, and quite happy.
(a)Flourished (b)equipped (c)digged (d)cultivated
24.
Chips were a little bald.
(a)Fat (b)tall (c)foolish (d)hairless
25.
Mrs. Wicket’s house was ugly and
pretentious.
(a)Wide (b)dirty (c)showy (d)odd
26.
Chips was little bald.
(a)Hairless (b)tall (c)foolish (d)wise
27.
Mr. Chips said that he trashed
Collingwood.
(a)Praised (b)punished (c)admired (d)chewed
28.
Mr. Chips was a little bald.
(a)Dwarf (b)hairless (c)absent
minded (d)educated
29.
Chips kept up hospitality.
(a)Reading (b)knowledge (c)generosity (d)donation
30.
He was not a very profound
classical scholar.
(a)Shallow (b) low (c) idle (d) deep
31.
Mr. Chips was a little bald.
(a)Absent minded (b)bold (c)hairless (d)educated
32.
The house itself was ugly and pretentious.
(a)Showy (b)hateful (c)pompus (d)sumptuous
33.
I remember once having to thrash
his father for it.
(a)Beat (b)kiss (c)defeat (d)motivate.
34.
Collingwood was a cheeky boy.
(a)Strong (b)talented (c)prudent (d)obedient
35.
Chips was not a profound
scholar.
(a)Deep (b)
poor (c)alone (d)submissive
36.
Behing a rampart of ancient
elms lay Brookfield.
(a)Hood (b)embankment (c)house (d)wall
37.
Mr. Chips was conscientious.
(a)Angered (b)
hardworking (c)raged (d)supported
38.
The house itself was ugly and pretentious.
(a)Beautiful (b)showy (c)ordinary (d)cheap
39.
The whole pageant of it swung
before him.
(a)Scene (b)message (c)act (d)experience
40.
Chips was not conceited.
(a)Ambitious (b)intelligent (c)pround (d)humble
41.
The tags were a kind of freemasonry.
(a)Practice
(b)craft (c)cunningness (d)device
42.
Chips wrenched his ankle.
(a)Strained (b)broke (c)strengthened (d)stabilized
43.
Katherine Bridges had blue
flashing eyes.
(a)Small (b)dull (c)shining (d)sad
44.
Chips felt no relish of being
rescued.
(a)Delight (b)insult (c)admonition (d)warning
45.
Chips kept up hospitality in
his room.
(a)Reading (b)writing (c)generosity (d)curiosity
46.
Chips slipped himself and wenched
his ankle.
(a)Broke (b)caught (c)twisted (d)bled
47.
His sprain put him at her
mercy.
(a)Praise
(b)pain (c)wrench (d)trouble
48.
Chips used to hobble with
sticks.
(a)Stumble (b)beatrun (c)sit (d)extreme
49.
In politics she was a radical.
(a)Lucky (b)revolutionary (c)back ward (d)conservative
50.
But he re-saw the glorious hump of
the Gable.
(a)Dismal (b) grand (c)dark (d)shining
51.
But he re-saw the glorious hump of
the Gable.
(a)Side (b)beauty (c)mound (d)thickness
52.
I looked into the faintly luminous
swirl of the river.
(a)Bright (b)murky (c)dull
(d)transparent
53.
Chips remembered the dizzy
happiness.
(a)Prominent (b)certain (c)puzzled (d)extreme
54.
Mr. Chips had a mediocre degree.
(a)Professional (b)important (c)average (d)traditional
55.
Chops had a mediocre degree.
(a)Bad (b)cordinary (c)average (d)exceptional
56.
They had both been so eager,
planning a future together.
(a)Reluctant (b)enthusiastic (c)awed (d)serious
57.
When they first met, Katherine
thought Chips was a solicitor.
(a)Judge (b)master (c)merchant (d)lawyer
58.
For his marriage was a triumphant
success.
(a)Little
(b)bad (c)rejoicing (d)serious
59.
Chips were conservative in
politics.
(a)Modern (b)old fashioned (c)revolutionary (d)foolish
60.
Mr. Chips was conscientious.
(a)Industrious (b)furious (c)raged (d)ill-tempered
61.
Though we did only see her that wurst.
(a)Time (b)place (c)style (d)behavior
62.
Mr. Chips was conscientious.
(a)Hard
working (b)ill tempered (c)furious (d)raged
63.
Katherine was an astonishing
girl wife.
(a)Common (b)important (c)wonderful (d)interesting
64.
Everything ended without the
slightest hitch.
(a)Preparation (b)ease (c)objection (d)jerk
65.
Chips’s marriage was triumphant
successs.
(a)Usual (b)gloomy (c)joyful (d)depressed
66.
Chips were not very articulate.
(a)Intelligent (b)modern (c)vocal (d)capable
67.
Chips began to move advantruously.
(a)Idly (b)weekly (c)cowardly (d)excitingly
68.
He is too cocksure of
himself.
(a)Happy (b)satisfied (c)overconfident (d)pleased
69.
He is too cocksure of
himself.
(a)Happy
(b)pleased (c)overconfident (d)unaware
70.
Katherine did not always plead for leniency.
(a)Harshness
(b)mercy (c)being (d)liberty
71.
Her creamy arm sweeping over the
brown sheen of instrument.
(a)Gloss (b)string (c)wood (d)part
72.
But she has not always pleaded for leniency.
(a)Privacy (b)diligence (c)mildness (d)intensity
73.
Katherine did not always plead
for leniency.
(a)Rendered
(b)wait (c)request (d)order
74.
Sometimes, Mr. Chips felt a
softening wave of reminiscence.
(a)Shock (b)memory (c)wind (d)conscience
75.
Chips said, “ One black sheep can contaminate
other.”
(a)Scare
(b)spoil (c)disturb (d)terminate
76.
Chips remained conservative
in politics.
(a)Famous
(b)modern (c)indifferent (d)orthodox
77.
Chips remembered Katherine scampering
along the stone corridor.
(a)Weeping
(b)racing (c)laughing
(d)dancing
78.
He’s too cock-sure of
himself.
(a)Uncertain (b)sure (c)doubtful (d)proud
79.
The whole pageant of the past
swung before him.
(a)Panorama (b)talk (c)drama (d)discussion
80.
He is too cocksure of
himself.
(a)Happy
(b)pleased (c)over
confident (d)ordered
81.
A boy met Chips in the lane
outside the school.
(a)Office (b)room (c)hall (d)street
82.
Mr. Chips nodded and stumbled
on.
(a)Shook
his head (b)talked (c)laughed (d)wept
83.
Mr. Chips nodded and stumbled
on.
(a)Walked
unsteadeily (b)talked (c)laughed (d)wept
84.
Actually he nodded and stumbled.
(a)Staggered (b)shocked (c)waved (d)flourished
85.
Chips did not want to receive
condolences.
(a)Praises
(b)malefactions (c)curses (d)sympathies
86.
A boy met Chips in the lane
outside the school.
(a)Office (b) room (c)street (d)hall
87.
He did not want to talk to anybody
or receive condolences.
(a)Sympathies (b)surprises (c)thanks (d)letters
88.
Chips become less rigid.
(a)Sad (b)regular (c)strict (d)happy
89.
Chips became less rigid.
(a)Foolish (b)tender (c)stern (d)soft
90.
He was a conventional person.
(a)Modern (b)tall (c)healthful (d)consercative
91.
Chips became less rigid.
(a)Wise (b)hard (c)diligent (d)foolish
92.
Chips became less rigid.
(a)Soft (b)religious (c)foolish (d)stern
93.
They became hysterical.
(a)Happy (b)grieved (c)mad (d)delighted
94.
Chips became less rigid.
(a)Sad (b)regular (c)strict (d)happy
95.
Chips gaze was half rapt and
half quizzical.
(a)Preoccupied (b)dim (c)frenzied (d)free
96.
He was a conventional person.
(a)Modern (b)tall (c)healthful (d)conservative
97.
They became hysterical.
(a)Mad (b)historical (c)helpful (d)wise
98.
Where a hair’s breadth error might
be catastrophic.
(a)Constructive (b)destructive (c)energetic (d)enthusiastic
99.
Chips was an altogether milder
and less ferocious animal.
(a)Worthy (b)healthy (c)sick (d)softer
100.
Everyone was summoned to
assemble in big hall.
(a)Rejected (b)forced (c)called
for (d)suggested
101.
Ralston was pontifical.
(a)Docile
(b)submissive (c)confident (d)coward
102.
Everyone was summoned to a
Big Hall.
(a)Sent
for (b) departed (c)died
(d)prayed
103.
Chips was an altogether milder
and less ferocious animal.
(a)Working
(b)healthy (c)sick (d)softer
104.
Chips made desultory notes in
an exercise book.
(a)Simple
(b)haphazard (c)arranged (d)regular
105.
The strange randomness of the world beguiled
him.
(a)Derived
(b)destroyed (c)tried (d)diverted
106.
He was efficient, ruthless,
ambitious but not very likeable.
(a)Careless (b)merciless (c)helpless (d)brainless
107.
Your personal habits are slovenly.
(a)Nice (b)adorable (c)untidy (d)loveable
108.
Abruptly chips flamed
up.
(a)Suddenly (b)slowly (c)finally (d)silently
109.
Your methods of teaching are slack
and old fashioned.
(a)Careful (b)careless (c)sluggish (d)bad
110.
Abruptly Chips flamed
up.
(a)Angrily (b)suddenly (c)courageously (d)completely
111.
And then row with Ralston.
(a)Quarrel (b)harmony (c)adjustment (d)agreement
112.
Chips remained ragged at
Melbury.
(a)Happy
(b)sorrowful (c)anxious
and tired (d)fat
113.
Chips stared about him.
(a)Gazed (b)delighted (c)slighted (d)ordered
114.
Ralston called Mr. Chips slack.
(a)Lazy (b)bad (c)active (d)storng
115.
Ralston was a live wire.
(a)Proud (b)energetic (c)cruel (d)modern
116.
Chips wore a tattered gown.
(a)Shirt (b)trousers (c)long turban (d)cloak
117.
“Your per sonal habits are
slovenly”
(a)Good
(b)untidy (c)shy (d)pleasant
118.
Your personal habits are slovenly”
(a)Good
(b)praiseworthy (c)careless (d)lovely
119.
Chips recounted the event
many times.
(a)Cashed (b)enumerated (c)recalled (d)rejected
120.
Ralston was a live wire.
(a)Gloomy (b)slow (c)lazy (d)energetic persons
121.
There were tumultuous cheers.
(a)Loud (b)low (c)excepted (d)rejected
122.
That times the driver and the
greaser seeme reluctant to take him.
(a)Willing (b)approving (c)unwilling
(d)impatient
123.
Chips went for a cure to
wiebaden.
(a)Drama (b)rest (c)comfort (d)treatment
124.
Chatteris was modern and sympathetic.
(a)Cruel
(b) kind (c)great (d)wise
125.
There were lamp boys who would clean
and trim the light lamps.
(a)Prune (b)light (c)fill
(d)shut
126.
Chatters was modern and sympathetic.
(a)Cruel
(b)kind (c)great (d)wise
127.
He found planty to do .
(a)A
lot of work (b)work (c)nothing (d)duty
128.
The bonfire was lit near the pavilion.
(a)Road (b)ground (c)room for players (d)theatre
129.
Road of laughter and tumultuous
cheers.
(a)Silent (b)loud (c)useful (d)salient
130.
Chips remembered funny anecdotes.
(a)Tales
(b)sentences (c)phrases (d)clauses
131.
Archer’s business was a queer
business.
(a)Contemptible (b)lovely (c)odd (d)lovable
132.
Chips went for a cure to
Wiesbaden.
(a)Drama (b)rest (c)comfort (d)treatment
133.
Dunster put a rat in the loft
of organ.
(a)Songs
(b)tunes (c)gallery (d)handle
134.
“just a few odd jobs here and
there, as you choose”
(a)Slowly (b)idly (c)lazily (d)laboriously
135.
Chatters said that Chips knew all
the ropes of Brookfield.
(a)People
(b)pupils (c)treads (d)conditions
136.
Book field was haven for
Chips.
(a)A
night mare (b)shelter (c)battlefield (d)terrible place
137.
Nevertheless he found plenty
to do .
(a)Extremely (b)well (c)despite
all that (d)quite
138.
I do sympathies with you.
(a)Know (b) be ashamed (c)alarm (d)feel sorry
139.
Some new teacher got hysterical.
(a)Mad (b)popular (c)sane (d)brave
140.
There were the continual
visits of old boys.
(a)Continuous (b)fix (c)many
(d)few
141.
The forst shock and then the first optimism.
(a)Criticism (b)despair (c)disapointment (d)hopefulness.
142.
Chips felt very fit, the actual work
was not taxing.
(a)Delighting
(b)tiring (c)amusing (d)baking
143.
The actual work was not taxing.
(a)Grieved (b)amusing (c)tiring (d)delighting
144.
Staefl went to Germany when the war broke
out.
(a)Stopped (b)continued (c)started (d)ended
145.
Maynard was a chubby boy.
(a)Thin (b)tall (c)lean (d)plump
146.
It had been damp, foggy, day.
(a)Wet
(b)cloudy (c)sunny (d)clear
147.
The guns began almost intently.
(a)Straight
away (b)loudly (c)gradually (d)deadly
148.
Let us resume our work.
(a)Start
again (b)finish (c)spoil (d)decorate again
149.
May nard was an impudent doy.
(a)Coward (b)bold (c)regular (d)irregular
150.
Let us resume our work.
(a)Start
again (b)finish (c)spoil (d)decorate
151.
Mr. Chips could look upon it all
with a deep and sumptuous tranquility.
(a)Magnificence (b)ordinary place (c)disorder (d)calm
152.
Chips watched the trail game.
(a)Curse (b)punisment (c)final
match (d)selection
contest
153.
Chips did not conceal the
fact.
(a)Hide (b)relate (c)explain (d)disclose
154.
And the answer came in a shrill
treble.
(a)Song (b)light (c)voice (d)joy
155.
He did not afterwards conceal
the facts.
(a)Expose (b)know (c)reveal (d)hide
156.
He had earned the reputation of
being a great jester.
(a)Writer (b)actor (c)juggler (d)humoriest
157.
He was absurdly gratified by
the success he achieved.
(a)Really
(b)foolishly (c)beautifully (d)nicely
158.
The story was told, retold, embellished.
(a)Distorted
(b)exaggerated (c)extorted (d)glamorized
159.
Mr. Chips said that he knew the dilatoriness
of Gragson.
(a)Laziness (b)dilation (c)dilemma (d)quickness
160.
It was cold and foggy and he
dare not go out.
(a)Dry (b)pleasant (c)misty (d)sunny
161.
Linford said good- bye in a shrill treble.
(a)Joy (b)sorrow (c)delight (d)voice
162.
Talking to Linford had exhausted
Chips.
(a)Made
tired (b)amused (c)changed (d)delighted
163.
It was cold and foggy.
(a)Windly
(b)sunny (c) misty (d)dry
164.
Merivale was there, stooping
over him and smiling.
(a)Covering
(b)bending (c)inclining (d)examining
165.
Chips’ meeting with Linford exhausted
him.
(a)Pleased
(b)delighted (c)teased (d)tired
166.
Merivale was there stooping
over him and smiling.
(a)Dending (b)checking (c)watching (d)gazing
167.
Lingord was growing up into a very cross
sort of world.
(a)Angry (b)modern (c)changing (d)pleasing
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