The idiom “to be on good terms” with someone means to have a friendly, amicable, or positive relationship with them.
67. The car in the backyard is proving to be a white elephant.
(A) very huge item
(B) costly and useless possession
(C) very expensive investment
(D) useful material
Answer:
(B) costly and useless possession
Explanation:
A “white elephant” is a classic idiom for a possession that is useless or troublesome, especially one that is expensive to maintain or difficult to dispose of.
68. The possession of Jerusalem is a bone of contention between Israel and Palestine.
(A) a subject of peace
(B) a subject of trade
(C) a subject of dispute
(D) a subject of exports
Answer:
(C) a subject of dispute
Explanation:
A “bone of contention” refers to a subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement, argument, or dispute.
69. What amused you?
(A) What you are made to amuse by?
(B) By what are you being amused?
(C) By what were you amused?
(D) By what have you been amused?
Answer:
(C) By what were you amused?
Explanation:
The active sentence is in the simple past tense (“amused”). The passive structure for “What + V2 + object” is “By what + was/were + object + V3”.
70. Quinine tastes bitter.
(A) Quinine is bitter when it is tasted.
(B) Quinine is bitter tested.
(C) The taste of quinine is bitter.
(D) Quinine is tasted bitter.
Answer:
(A) Quinine is bitter when it is tasted.
Explanation:
For sentences with stative sensory verbs like “tastes,” the standard passive-like transformation is “Subject + is + adjective + when + it is + V3”.
