Question

Complete the following passage about Aung San Suu Kyi by filling up the blanks with suitable options.

Aung San Suu Kyi (a) ______ a figurehead for Myanmar’s struggle for democracy (b) ______ 1988. She was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom, (c) ______ she got her PhD. In 1988 she returned home (d) ______ for her dying mother. Myanmar was in political chaos (e) ______ a new military junta took power. A nationwide uprising (f) ______ the Generals started and Suu Kyi (g) ______ for freedom and democracy. Suu Kyi was kept (h) ______ house arrest for the best part of two decades till 13 November, 2010. She was awarded the Nobel Prize.

1. (i) has been
   (ii) had been
   (iii) was
   (iv) is become
2. (i) from
   (ii) since
   (iii) between
   (iv) in
3. (i) when
   (ii) there
   (iii) here
   (iv) where
4. (i) caring
   (ii) cared
   (iii) to care
   (iv) cares
5. (i) before
   (ii) after
   (iii) when
   (iv) where
6. (i) opposed
   (ii) opposite
   (iii) against
   (iv) again
7. (i) is campaigned
   (ii) campaigning
   (iii) campaigned
   (iv) was campaigning
8. (i) in
   (ii) above
   (iii) below
   (iv) under

Answer 1

Aung San Suu Kyi has been a figurehead for Myanmar’s struggle for democracy since 1988. She was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom, where she got her PhD. In 1988 she returned home to care for her dying mother. Myanmar was in political chaos after a new military junta took power. A nationwide uprising against the Generals started and Suu Kyi campaigned for freedom and democracy. Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest for the best part of two decades till 13 November, 2010. She was awarded the Nobel Prize.