2022 P5 English exam paper_Part2 Ai Tong (L30) Q11-Q20

11 Ali and David shook hands after their conflict was ____________ by their teacher.

• solved

• cleared

• resolved

• eliminated

12 The burglars ____________ with their loot before the police arrived.

• made up

• made off

• made out

• made over

13 A special queue was set up at the clinic to give ____________ to the elderly to allow them to go first.

• priority

• urgency

• attention

• reservation

14 The boys rode their bicycles ____________ down the steep slope without a thought for their own safety.

• leisurely

• excitedly

• frantically

• recklessly

15 Although we have been winning the past few matches, we shall not be ____________ and slacken in our training,” the captain told his team.

• confident

• compliant

• contented

• complacent

Emma’s heart was in her mouth as she entered the underground tunnel with Joel and Chris. They crept in a single file along the dark tunnel which smelled (16) musty as the air was stale and humid.

• rotten

• moldy

• pungent

• unpleasant

All they could do was (17) stumble through the darkness with unsteady steps towards a faint ray of light.

• plod

• trudge

• hobble

• stagger

They stopped for a moment around a bend while Joel went a little way ahead, trying to get his (18) sense of direction to decide which way to go.

• location

• position

• orientation

• coordination

In the deep gloom, Emma and Chris saw him (19) signal them forward by waving his hand. They were just about to move off again when Emma heard a sudden gasp behind her. They were just about to move off again when Emma heard a sudden gasp behind her. She swung around.

• lure

• direct

• motion

• command

They were just about to move off again when Emma heard a sudden gasp behind her. She swung around. “Chris!” she whispered (20) hoarsely, in a low rough voice. There was no answer, and she could see no sign of her brother.

• gruffly

• weakly

• harshly

• sheepishly