‘You shouldn’t laugh at poor Herr Roller,’ Mother had told him one afternoon when he had ___________ the story, of his latest escapade. ‘You have no idea what he’s been through in his life.’
A. convinced B. applied
C. related D. recalled
‘No,’ she insisted, her voice becoming grating now as she ___________ him. ‘Just keep quiet about it, Bruno. Don’t you know how much trouble you could cause? For all of us?’
A. applied to B. appealed to
C. intended to D. was not obliged to
She just got on with her job, ___________ the furniture, washing the clothes, helping with the shopping and the cooking, sometimes taking him to school and collecting him again, although that had been more common when Bruno was eight; when he turned nine he decided he was old enough to make his way- there and home alone.
A. polishing B. discarding
C. resisting D. irritating
He could feel tears ___________ behind his eyes and wanted nothing more than for Father to realize just how awful a place Out-With really was and agree that it was time to leave.
A. fading B. welling up
C. dismissing D. leaking
They didn’t say anything to each other for a moment, and then finally Father ___________.
A. broke into laughter B. licked his lips
C. raised his voice D. broke the silence
Instead the ground was made of a sand-like substance, and as far as she could ___________ there was nothing but low huts and large square buildings dotted around and one or two smoke stacks in the distance.
A. make sense B. make out
C. make the best D. make it clear
