Question

The train stopped and a girl got on. As I had become   1by then, I could not tell what the girl looked like, but I could say she was a pretty girl.

    “Are you going to Dehra Dun?” I asked her as the train   2. Maybe my voice   3her. She screamed in a low voice and said, “I don’t know anyone else here.” Well, it often    4that people with good   5fail to see what is right in front of them. “I didn’t see you either at first,” I said. “But I   6you come in.” I wondered if I would be able to   7her from discovering that I couldn’t see. I thought,   8I kept to my seat, it shouldn’t be too difficult.

    She was silent. Then I made a   9. “What is it like outside?” I asked. She seemed to find something   10in the question. Had she already noticed that I could not see? But her next question   11my doubts. “Why don’t you look out of the window?” she asked quite   12. I smiled, “You have an interesting face.” I thought it was a   13remark as few girls could be tired of hearing that.

She laughed pleasantly. “It’s   14to be told that,” she said. “But I’m so tired of people telling me that I have a   15face.” Oh, so you did have a pretty face, thought I, and aloud I said, “Well, an interesting face   16also be pretty.” “You are a good   17,” she said. “But why are you so serious?” Just then, the train   18slowly into the next station, and the girl said goodbye to me.

    “She was an interesting girl,” I said to a new   19and then I asked him, “Did she keep her hair long or short?” “I don’t remember,” he replied, sounding   20. “But she was completely blind. Didn’t you notice?”

1.A. sleepy B. blind    C. hungry   D. dull

2.A. pulled out         B. pulled in       

C. left off          D. sent out

3.A. annoyed    B. cheered  C. shocked  D. touched

4.A. appears    B. turns    C. proves   D. happens

5.A. intension  B. eyesight C. power    D. ability

6.A. watched    B. heard    C. observed D. forgot

7.A. prevent    B. cheat    C. protect  D. hold

8.A. unless B. until    C. if       D. though

9.A. promise    B. plan C. trick    D. mistake

10.A. interesting           B. difficult            

C. strange                   D. unfamiliar

11.A. removed           B. canceled     

C. disappeared           D. added

12.A. simply            B. naturally        

C. nervously                 D. calmly

13.A. special   B. popular  C. safe D. familiar

14.A. boring            B. fortunate   

C. confusing                 D. nice

15.A. pretty    B. common   C. similar  D. blind

16.A. must         B. should   C. can  D. shall

17.A. liar      B. talker   C. neighbor D. passer-by

18.A. dragged   B. slipped  C. entered  D. drew

19.A. conductor         B. passenger        

C. waiter                    D. policeman

20.A. excited               B. disappointed     

C. puzzled                   D. indifferent

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.C  

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A 

16.C

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C