PELLET B Practice Questions 4

Question 1

Which word best completes: 'The officer remained ___ despite the angry crowd.'?

Accepted Answer

composed

Answer

'Composed' means calm and in control, fitting the sentence.

Question 2

A suspect is described as 6 feet 2 inches tall. How many inches is that?

Accepted Answer

74 inches

Answer

6 feet = 72 inches, plus 2 inches = 74 inches.

Question 3

Which word is a synonym for 'vicinity'?

Accepted Answer

Area

Answer

'Vicinity' refers to the surrounding area or nearby region.

Question 4

Read: 'A report had three witnesses; two gave matching accounts and one differed.' What fraction gave matching accounts?

Accepted Answer

2/3

Answer

Two of three witnesses matched, which is 2/3.

Question 5

Choose the correctly written sentence.

Accepted Answer

They're going to file the report.

Answer

'They're' is the contraction of 'they are,' which is correct here.

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