Contextual Passage II

2.   Choose  the  correct  word  from the  brackets  to  complete  the  passage  below: (0.5x10=5)

A cat could not get enough food to eat for many days. He ...................... (grows, was

growing, is growing) thin day by day and was very much worried for his condition.

One day, he came to know that one of the birds of the neighboring tree............ (was, were, are) sick and the birds were looking.............. (for, in. on) a doctor.

....................... (a, an, the) hungry cat devised a way to manage his hunger. He made some one ............................... (borrow, to borrow, borrowed) a doctor's gown and wore it. He put on a pair of spectacles above his nose and with a doctor's bag, he went to the sick bird's house. The doctor cat gently ............................... (knocked, was knocked, had been knocked) at the door. The birds peeped out of the hole and enquired about the reason for his visit. Mr. cat said in a very kind and humble tone, "I'm your neighboring doctor.  I  heard  that  you  ................(  are,  were,  will  be)  not  keeping  well  and

..............................  (so, since,  because)  I have  come to  treat  you.  As  you  know  a doctor's duty towards his patients is above everything ... (isn't that, isn't it, don't you)? The birds were far smarter than the cat. They smiled cleverly and replied, "thank you for your kind gesture! Had you not been a cat, all your utterances............................. (would be, would have been, will be) absolutely right. And for now, we can expect our well being only when you are out of our sight."

With Answers

A cat could not get enough food to eat for many days. He was growing thin day by day and was very much worried for his condition.

One day, he came to know that one of the birds of the neighboring tree was sick and the birds were looking for a doctor.

The hungry cat devised a way to manage his hunger. He made some one borrow a doctor's gown and wore it. He put on a pair of spectacles above his nose and with a doctor's bag, he went to the sick bird's house. The doctor cat gently knocked at the door. The birds peeped out of the hole and enquired about the reason for his visit. Mr. cat said in a very kind and humble tone, "I'm your neighboring doctor.  I  heard  that  you were  not  keeping  well  and so I have  come to  treat  you.  As  you  know  a doctor's duty towards his patients is above everything isn't it? The birds were far smarter than the cat. They smiled cleverly and replied, "thank you for your kind gesture! Had you not been a cat, all your utterances would have been absolutely right. And for now, we can expect our well being only when you are out of our sight."

Answer Keys:

2.   was growing,  was,  for,  the,  borrow,  knocked,  were,  so,  isn't it,  would have been