Question:
Question No. 6 to 15 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
A man stopped at a flower shop to __(1)__ some flowers to be __(2)__ to his mother who lived 200 miles __(3)__. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she __(4)__, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents and a rose costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, “Come __(5)__ in with me. I’ll __(6)__ you a rose.” He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were __(7)__ he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes please! You can take me to my mother.” She directed him to a cemetery, __(8)__ she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave. The man returned to the flower shop, cancelled the delivery order, __(9)__ up a bouquet and __(10)__ the two hundred miles to his mother’s house.
Find the best suitable option out of posted, given, taken, delivered to fill __(2)__ in the above passage.
Options:
- a) posted
- b) delivered
- c) taken
- d) given
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
delivered (Verb) – The flowers were to be delivered to his mother who lived 200 miles away.