1 |
I leaned against the parapet and looked down into the faintly luminous swiris of the ____________ |
river
mountain
sky
tree
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2 |
It was then that all the ____________ of my act revealed themselves |
applications
implications
supplications
duplications
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3 |
I walked on until I reached the __________ |
town
market
Embankment
shop
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4 |
The policemen __________ me apparently |
acquit
acquitting
quit
acquitted
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5 |
I could not help the slight ___________ which comes to all who are eyed suspiciously by the police |
unease
ease
satisfaction
complacence
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6 |
Nobody would be suspected of having stolen such goods as I was ___________ |
carry
carrying
carried
carries
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7 |
I was not serious disturbed, as I knew that I could bear _________ |
investigate
investigated
investigation
navigation
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8 |
Perhaps he suspects I have __________ in this sack |
cloth
books
furniture
swage
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9 |
I fancied, he looked _______ , and I trembled slighltly |
suspicious
suspected
doubted
feared
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10 |
A few doors down I passed a __________ who was flashing his lantern |
businessman
policeman
postman
coachman
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11 |
I strode off towards the little square glow of the ______ stall |
tea
juice
coffee
cigratte
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12 |
I turned up my overcoat collar, settled my sack comfortably across my ________ |
hands
noses
feet
shoulders
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13 |
Here and there rang out the steps of solitary __________ on the way home across the bridge to Battersea |
voyagers
dirvers
travellers
swimmers
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14 |
There was a ________ nip in the air |
hot
cold
lukewarm
warm
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15 |
It was nearly __________ as I stepped into the street |
midnight
evening
noon
morning
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16 |
I improvised a __________ stuffed the books into in, put it over my shoulder, and went down the stairs into the darkness |
bag
handkerchief
bundle
sack
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17 |
Tie them up and consign them to the _________ |
river
rock
jungle
lake
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18 |
So in the end I determined to do to them what so many people do to the ____________ |
ducks
kittens
cubs
kids
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19 |
It is almost as hopeless to try to burn a book without opening it as to try to burn a piece of ______ |
Sponge
Paper
Granite
Chalk
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20 |
I had no ______ range and I could not toast them on the gas cooker |
Sitting room
Drawing room
Dinning room
Kitchen
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