35. _______
and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountain and stopped ___________.
A. Tiring; to admire B. Being tired; admiring C. Tired; admiring D. Tired; to admire
SECTION B (18marks)
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked
A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the
context.
One morning, a boy of twelve saw a small fire at one end of the ship “S.
S. Panama”. Rua Parori 36 home immediately, against the wishes
of his 37 , to see the fire at the ship. It was a
good thing that he did, because the was nobody else around, and 38
, the small fire grew
39 big.
Young Rua stood at the 40 of the stairway up to the ship, and
shouted at the top of his voice. He
41 the port workers living
downstairs, who were enjoying a Sunday morning in bed.
The S. S. Panama was one of the six 42
ships in port at the
time, all of them within twenty-five metres of old
buildings, shops and houses, of wood. 43 , the S. S. Panama was carrying oil, as
well as paint, and paper from ports in the Far East.
The fire 44 hundreds of boxes of paper, which made
the fire spread very quickly. The end of the ship now black with smoke, but 45
to Rua
Parori, the fire did not 46 the paint or the oil
Rua was also lucky, because his father was pleased 47 angry with him.