1 |
Looking over, I hesitated again, but I had reached the turning ___________ |
pint
print
pin
point
|
2 |
When I reached it I ___________ on the seat |
knelt
kneel
kneels
kneeling
|
3 |
In my _________ of decision, I left the Embankment and hastened straight for the first of these seats |
joy
agony
pleasure
happiness
|
4 |
In the middle of Chelsea Bridge there are projecting circular bays with ___________ in them |
food
fish
seats
sofas
|
5 |
I was summoning up my ___________ to take the plunge and quailing from it at the last moment |
friends
helpers
neighbours
courage
|
6 |
I strayed up and _________ increasingly fearful of being watched |
down
above
on
below
|
7 |
I could almost hear his gruff, sneering laugh, "you tell that to the __________, my son!" |
townsmen
marines
villagers
army men
|
8 |
I had come out alone to the river to get rid of a pack of ___________ |
prose
fiction
poetry
drama
|
9 |
What an earth would be the good of telling a __________ constanble, that I was carrying only books |
Paris
New York
Berlin
London
|
10 |
In all probability they would think it was a ___________ |
baby
book
paper
food
|
11 |
Whoever was within sight and hearing would at once rush at me and __________ me |
cease
seize
ease
cheese
|
12 |
What about the ___________ |
ash
gush
splash
crash
|
13 |
The next thought came like a blaze of terrible blue lighting across my __________ |
eyes
nose
forehead
brain
|
14 |
Just as I was preparing to cast my __________ upon the waters, I heard another step |
eyes
clothes
shoes
books
|
15 |
Calling myself an ______________ , I stopped again |
ass
egg
umberella
inch
|
16 |
The pedestrian came by me without looking at me, it was a ________ |
turnip
tramp
trump
trumpet
|
17 |
I sprang back from the wall and began __________ on |
walked
walks
walking
walk
|
18 |
Suddenly I heard a _________ near me |
cry
shriek
sigh
step
|
19 |
I leaned against the parapet and looked down into the faintly luminous swiris of the ____________ |
river
mountain
sky
tree
|
20 |
It was then that all the ____________ of my act revealed themselves |
applications
implications
supplications
duplications
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