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Answer the next 5 Questions.
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
As a boy, I was always exploring lonely places—neglected gardens and orchards, unoccupied houses, patches of scrub or wasteland, the fields outside the town, the fringes of the forest. On one of my rambles (1)________the bungalow, I pushed my way through a thicket of lantana bushes and stumbled over a thick stone slab, twisting my ankle slightly as I fell. For some time, I sat on the grass massaging my foot. When the pain eased, I looked more (2)________at the stone slab and was surprised to find that it was a gravestone. It was almost entirely covered by ivy; obviously no one had been near it for years. I tugged at the ivy and some of it came away in my hands. There was some (3)________lettering on the grave, half-obscured by grass and moss. I could make out a name—Rose—but little more. I sat there for some time, (4)_________over my discovery. I was wondering why ‘Rose’ should have been buried at so lonely a spot when there was a (5)______not far away.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
