1 |
I often had hung on the outskirts of a crowd around _______ barrow |
a tea
a fruit
an ice cream
a peanut
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2 |
How often had I stood outside sweet drops with _________ pockets |
full
torn
no
empty
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3 |
I bought my first bicycle with prize money I had __________ at Edinburgh University |
won
win
winning
wound
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4 |
I bought my first bicycle for myself when I was _________ |
twenty
twenty one
twenty two
twenty three
|
5 |
All my early childhood I longed desperately for a _________ |
car
aeroplane
tricylcle
motorbike
|
6 |
Wishes did not come __________ in this life, I knew that |
false
flopped
fail
true
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7 |
Mythical summer holidays were at hand, un-spoilt as yet, lying __________ and promising just ahead |
intact
contact
contract
exact
|
8 |
I wore my summer school clothes of grey cricket shirt, grey shorts and __________ Wetson's blazer |
blue
green
red
yellow
|
9 |
I would walk home across the meadows in the ________ sunshine |
April
May
June
July
|
10 |
Two months seemed a long, long time and I could look forward to a period of permanent __________ |
felicity
facility
faculty
futility
|
11 |
The two month's vacation we got in summer time, and it was these months towards which the whole _________ moved |
month
year
week
century
|
12 |
We got Christmas and Easter holidays, ___________weeks each in my earlier schooldays |
one
two
three
four
|
13 |
There were blessed breaks in ____________ |
intervals
routine
stops
halts
|
14 |
If there had been a continuous hard frost or some days we would get a whole day's __________ holiday |
fire burning
swimming
skating
camping
|
15 |
Once a term we had the annual mind-term holiday, a Monday off which made a luxuriously _________ week end |
long
short
tiny
small
|
16 |
But these holidays were few and far _________ |
among
between
betwixt
along
|
17 |
A half-holiday to let us attend a _________ match |
hockey
cricket
football
base ball
|
18 |
He is helping the young men under him to see life _________ and see it whole |
swiftly
quickly
slowly
steadily
|
19 |
Most of the lazy bluffers have not found any serious ___________ in life |
interesting
utterance
interest
detest
|
20 |
If a boy is too much interested in these side shows he ought to get out of the main tent and become _________ |
practical
professional
proficient
mature
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