Multiple choice

Directions: In these questions following passage, you are given blank space marked 1 to 6, against each of these numbers below the passage a choice of three words marked (a, b, c) is suggested, choose the best word from these three as your answer;-

There are several tribes’ lives in East Africa, but the most famous among them is massai tribe. The massai are famous fighters. They ------ (i) the neighboring tribes and carry ---- (ii) their cattle. Their neighbors are ----- (iii) of them because of their --- (iv) in the war. The kikuyu people ------ (v) to the east of them having left a long strip of forest between ----- (vi) and the massais as protection against their enemies. The massai’s live in northern Tanzania.

  1. on

  2. away

  3. of

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'carry away' is a phrasal verb meaning to steal or remove, which fits the context of cattle raiding by the Maasai tribe.