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    Question

    In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

    Next he saw the pseudo-teacher seat himself on a log

    and ________ lost in thought with his red cheeks resting ______ his fists. The woman flung down _____ axe at his feet, spat angrily, and, judging from the expression of her lips, began to scold him. The beggar irresolutely pulled a billet of wood _____ him, set it up between his feet, and tapped it feebly with the axe. The billet wavered and ________ down. The beggar again _______ it to him, blew on his freezing hands, and tapped it with his axe cautiously, as if afraid of _______ his overshoe or of cutting off his finger; the stick of wood ______ fell to the ground.   the stick of wood ______ fell to the ground.
    A hitherto Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B again Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C once Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D yet Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Next he saw the pseudo-teacher seat himself on a log and become lost in thought with his red cheeks resting on his fists. The woman flung down an axe at his feet, spat angrily, and, judging from the expression of her lips, began to scold him. The beggar irresolutely pulled a billet of wood towards him, set it up between his feet, and tapped it feebly with the axe. The billet wavered and fell down. The beggar again pulled it to him, blew on his freezing hands, and tapped it with his axe cautiously, as if afraid of hitting his overshoe or of cutting off his finger; the stick of wood again fell to the ground.

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