1 |
I walked on until I reached the __________ |
town
market
Embankment
shop
|
2 |
The policemen __________ me apparently |
acquit
acquitting
quit
acquitted
|
3 |
I could not help the slight ___________ which comes to all who are eyed suspiciously by the police |
unease
ease
satisfaction
complacence
|
4 |
Nobody would be suspected of having stolen such goods as I was ___________ |
carry
carrying
carried
carries
|
5 |
I was not serious disturbed, as I knew that I could bear _________ |
investigate
investigated
investigation
navigation
|
6 |
Perhaps he suspects I have __________ in this sack |
cloth
books
furniture
swage
|
7 |
I fancied, he looked _______ , and I trembled slighltly |
suspicious
suspected
doubted
feared
|
8 |
A few doors down I passed a __________ who was flashing his lantern |
businessman
policeman
postman
coachman
|
9 |
I strode off towards the little square glow of the ______ stall |
tea
juice
coffee
cigratte
|
10 |
I turned up my overcoat collar, settled my sack comfortably across my ________ |
hands
noses
feet
shoulders
|
11 |
Here and there rang out the steps of solitary __________ on the way home across the bridge to Battersea |
voyagers
dirvers
travellers
swimmers
|
12 |
There was a ________ nip in the air |
hot
cold
lukewarm
warm
|
13 |
It was nearly __________ as I stepped into the street |
midnight
evening
noon
morning
|
14 |
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
|
15 |
Tie them up and consign them to the _________ |
river
rock
jungle
lake
|
16 |
So in the end I determined to do to them what so many people do to the ____________ |
ducks
kittens
cubs
kids
|
17 |
Yet summer holidays did come and we waited for the taxi that was to convey the family to the _________ |
seaport
airport
home
railway station
|
18 |
During our early childhood Lionel, Sylvia and I never had anything to _________ |
spend
spent
spending
spends
|
19 |
The few pence pocket-money, we received was to be put into a money-box and __________ |
spoilt
saved
squandered
wasted
|
20 |
I wondered whether the ice-cream man would be miraculously inspired to offer me a ___________ free |
slice
cornet
piece
lump
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