Question

During my school days, I was one of those shy and distant kids who would just sit in a comer for an entire day. For me, my books were my ______ world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the ______ and see others play games. It was not as if I wasn’t interested in ______ others or making new friends, but I always felt lacking in energy when ______ my peers. I always had an opinion that my advances towards new ______ would be limited. And I just didn’t want to ______ a rejection.

Once during my English class, my teacher shared a(n)______ with us. It was about King Bruce and a spider. It revolved around a lost battle and talked about how King Bruce, despite losing the battle,______ in the end. He was ______ by a little spider. The little ______ of the spider and the way it was taking rejections impressed me a lot. I was so surprised that I myself started ______ the movements of spiders at home. Once, a spider took around an hour to reach the top of a wall and I ______ knocked it down. To my ______, within seconds it started making its ______ up again.

For me, this ______ was a game changer. I realized that rejections are ______ a failure. The world may mistreat me,______ I can stand up and start working again. There would be time when people would like and ______ me. At present, I ______ mixing with people, learning new things and making new friends. I think, there are just no such ______ as rejections or failures as everything can change at any moment.

1.A. real B. new C. next D. only

2.A. office B. station C. playground D. street

3.A. visiting B. watching C. helping D. joining

4.A. related to B. compared with C. separated from D turned to

5.A. friendships B. courses C. teachers D. programs

6.A. avoid B. suffer C. cause D. fear

7.A. story B. task C. experience D. song

8.A. failed B. won C. left D. refused

9.A. confused B. hurt C. persuaded D. inspired

10.A. improvements B. changes C. movements D. advantages

11.A. adjusting B. observing C. showing D. guiding

12.A. cruelly B. angrily C. luckily D. bravely

13.A. delight B. surprise C. amusement D. disappointment

14.A. progress B. way C. web D. mistake

15.A. incident B. research C. trouble D. adventure

16.A. often B. sometimes C. never D. ever

17.A. so B. though C. or D. but

18.A. train B. meet C. appreciate D. remember

19.A. enjoy B. suggest C. imagine D. risk

20.A. approaches B. values C. things D. solutions

Answer 1