{"id":22544,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/practical-english-with-keep-an-open-mind\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:48","slug":"practical-english-with-keep-an-open-mind","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/practical-english-with-keep-an-open-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical English with \u201cKeep an open mind\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the figurative use of <strong>Keep an open mind<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>having a friendly relationship<\/li>\n<li>to stop resisting and accept something<\/li>\n<li>to remain willing to consider new ideas<\/li>\n<li>whatever happens or anyway<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3202,3210,3209],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22544","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-communication","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-decision-making","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Keep an open mind<\/strong> means <strong>to remain willing to consider new ideas<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe not judging too quickly before hearing different views.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>A good student should <strong>keep an open mind<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Please <strong>keep an open mind<\/strong> during the debate.<\/li><li>She kept <strong>an open mind<\/strong> about the new method.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"having a friendly relationship"},{"right":"no","answer":"to stop resisting and accept something"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to remain willing to consider new ideas"},{"right":"no","answer":"whatever happens or anyway"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3202,"title":"Communication","slug":"communication"},{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3209,"title":"Decision Making","slug":"decision-making"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22544"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22544"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}