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Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.
Stamp collecting! What a wonderful hobby! I began when I was only five. I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival, always (2) ______ to seize unwanted envelopes and tear off the corner with the stamp stuck on it.
Once – I remember it was too clearly – my mother and father were sunning themselves in the garden when the post (3) _____ on the doormat. I heard the clatter of the letter flap and hurriedly went to (4) ______. There were four or five envelops, all with very exciting stamps.
Even at the (5) ______ age of five I knew one doesn't open mail addressed to other people. However, tearing just the corners off the envelops (6) ______ me as perfectly fair and allowable, and just what I did. I carefully tore as (7) ______ to the stamps as (8) _______, feeling that even the envelopes, which were addressed to my parents and not to be, should be treated with (9) _______.
There were nothing furtive in what I did. I knew my parents would see what I'd done, and I didn't think there was any (10) ______ in it. They always let me (11) ______ the corners after they'd opened them. Why should I think there was any harm in doing it first, (12) ______ in mind that they weren't on hand to be (13) ______. Wouldn't they rather be left to doze in their summer deckchairs?
(14) ______, though, my father solemnly showed me his letters. They looked distinctly moth-eaten, with bites taken out of the corners and sites. I began to (15) ______ what I've done.
Stamp collecting! What a wonderful hobby! I began when I was only five. I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival
Complete the following passage by choosing A, B, C or D to fill in each blank.
Stamp collecting! What a wonderful hobby! I began when I was only five. I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival, always (2) ______ to seize unwanted envelopes and tear off the corner with the stamp stuck on it.
Once – I remember it was too clearly – my mother and father were sunning themselves in the garden when the post (3) _____ on the doormat. I heard the clatter of the letter flap and hurriedly went to (4) ______. There were four or five envelops, all with very exciting stamps.
Even at the (5) ______ age of five I knew one doesn't open mail addressed to other people. However, tearing just the corners off the envelops (6) ______ me as perfectly fair and allowable, and just what I did. I carefully tore as (7) ______ to the stamps as (8) _______, feeling that even the envelopes, which were addressed to my parents and not to be, should be treated with (9) _______.
There were nothing furtive in what I did. I knew my parents would see what I'd done, and I didn't think there was any (10) ______ in it. They always let me (11) ______ the corners after they'd opened them. Why should I think there was any harm in doing it first, (12) ______ in mind that they weren't on hand to be (13) ______. Wouldn't they rather be left to doze in their summer deckchairs?
(14) ______, though, my father solemnly showed me his letters. They looked distinctly moth-eaten, with bites taken out of the corners and sites. I began to (15) ______ what I've done.
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Giải bởi Vietjack
Chọn B
Câu hỏi cùng đoạn
Câu 2:
I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival, always (2) ______ to seize unwanted envelopes and tear off the corner with the stamp stuck on it.
I used to (1) ______ for the postman's arrival, always (2) ______ to seize unwanted envelopes and tear off the corner with the stamp stuck on it.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn C
Câu 3:
Once – I remember it was too clearly – my mother and father were sunning themselves in the garden when the post (3) _____ on the doormat.
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 4:
I heard the clatter of the letter flap and hurriedly went to (4) ______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 5:
Even at the (5) ______ age of five I knew one doesn't open mail addressed to other people.
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn B
Câu 6:
However, tearing just the corners off the envelops (6) ______ me as perfectly fair and allowable, and just what I did.
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 7:
I carefully tore as (7) ______ to the stamps as (8) _______, feeling that even the envelopes
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn B
Câu 8:
I carefully tore as (7) ______ to the stamps as (8) _______, feeling that even the envelopes
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn C
Câu 9:
which were addressed to my parents and not to be, should be treated with (9) _______.
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 10:
There were nothing furtive in what I did. I knew my parents would see what I'd done, and I didn't think there was any (10) ______ in it.
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 11:
They always let me (11) ______ the corners after they'd opened them.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn D
Câu 12:
Why should I think there was any harm in doing it first, (12) ______ in mind
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn C
Câu 13:
they weren't on hand to be (13) ______.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn A
Câu 14:
(14) ______, though, my father solemnly showed me his letters.
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Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn C
Câu 15:
I began to (15) ______ what I've done.
I began to (15) ______ what I've done.
Đáp án chính xác
Lời giải của GV VietJack
Chọn B
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