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Choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D.

 
Micheal got down from the bus and walked toward his block of flats. He had a ___1___ at school and was looking forward to his usual afternoon nap. Little did he expect the afternoon to be any different from that of a normal school day.

"It's been ___2___ for the past few days," Micheal thought, as he walked beside the deep monsoon drain which was almost ___3___. A little boy who was standing beside the drain was laughing and pointing at the water. "The boys must be up to some tricks," Micheal ___4___ when he saw two heads bobbing about in the water. It was a ___5___ to him as the monsoon drain was a favorite fishing spot for the boys especially on rainy days. But something made Micheal look again. The heads were still floating ___6___. He sensed that something was wrong.

Micheal told the boy to stop laughing and run to get help. Then he took off his shoes and ___7___ the water. Suddenly, he realized that he could only see one head above the water. Micheal quickly moved towards it, grabbed the body and dragged it out. Leaving the boy on ___8___, Micheal began searching for the second boy. He thought that the boy might have drifted further down, so he looked lower down the drain.

A crowd gathered at the ___9___. A few other boys joined Micheal in the search. All their efforts were unsuccessful. They could not locate the other boy.

Meanwhile someone notified the family of the boy who was ___10___. They were hysterical when they heard the news. The family of the boy whom Micheal saved thanked him. Micheal wished he had saved the other boy too.

                 
1.   (A) short day   6.   (A) gracefully
(B) tiring day     (B) smoothly
    (C) good day       (C) effortlessly
    (D) simple day       (D) simply
                 
2.   (A) raining quite heavily   7.   (A) jumped into
(B) very hot     (B) jumped out
    (C) gloomy       (C) jumped off
    (D) hazy       (D) jumped up
                 
3.   (A) empty   8.   (A) high ground
(B) muddy     (B) low level
    (C) overflowing       (C) dry area
    (D) spilling over       (D) safe ground
                 
4.   (A) said to himself   9.   (A) scene
(B) shouted out loudly     (B) location
    (C) cried cheerfully       (C) setting
    (D) laughed hysterically       (D) place
                 
5.   (A) tragic spot   10.   (A) hoped to have saved himself
    (B) usual scene       (B) feared to have been drowned
    (C) familiar sight       (C) said to have killed himself
    (D) rare appearance       (D) said to have jumped into the drain
                 

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    Answers : 1B    2A    3C    4A    5C    6C    7A    8D    9A   10B
 
     
 
 
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