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16. The girls ________ as fast as they could but they missed the bus.
(1) run (2) running
(3) runs (4) ran
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17. When she was young, Jane’s mother ___________ her a bedtime story every night.
(1) tells (2) told
(3) telling (4) Will tell
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Section D: Vocabulary Cloze (6 marks)
Read the passage below. Choose the most suitable word from the box and fill in the blanks.
Use each word ONCE only.
(1) ideal (2) swim (3) emergency
(4) ready (5) kindness (6) satisfaction
A Girl Scout learns to (18)__________, not only as an athletic accomplishment, but
so that she can save lives from drowning. She passes her simple tests in child care and
home nursing and household efficiency in order to be (19) _______ for the bigger duties
when they come. She learns the important facts about her body, so as to keep it the fine
machine it was meant to be. And she makes a special point of woodcraft and camp lore,
not only for the fun and (20) _________ they bring, in themselves, but because they are
the best (21) ________ course we have today. A Girl Scout who has passed her First Class
test is as ready to help herself, her home and her Country as any girl of her age should be.
The simple recipe of making a very little girl perform every day some slight act of
(22) _________ for somebody else is the seed from which grows the larger plant of
helping the world along—the steady attitude of the older Scout. And this grows later into
the great tree of organized, practical community service for the grown Scout—the (23)
_________ of every modern woman today.
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