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(a) ____ I was walking along the road the other day, I happened to notice a small brown leather purse lying on the pavement. I picked it up (b) ____ opened it to see (c) ____ I could find out the owner's name. There was nothing inside. It had some small change (d) ____ a rather old photograph; a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old (e) ____ looked like the woman's daughter. I put the photograph back (f) ____ took the purse to the police station. (g) ____ I handed it to the sergeant-in-charge. Before I left, the sergeant made a note of my name (h) ____ address. In case the owner of the purse wanted to write and thank me. That evening I went to have dinner with an uncle and aunt of mine. They had also invited another person, a young woman, (i)____ there would be four people at the table. The young woman's face was familiar, (j) ____ I could not remember where I had seen it. I was quite sure, (k) ____ we had not met before. (l) ____ conversation, however, the young woman happened to mark that she had lost her purse that afternoon. I at once remembered (m) ____ I had seen her face. She was the young woman in the photograph (n)____ she was now much older.

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Time, by its very nature, is fleeting. (a)——————, time once gone is gone forever. (b)——— the sincere people realize the value of time. (c)————-, not everyone is aware of the value of time. (d)————, it is seen that many of us waste time. (e)————, we realize the significance of lost time when it is too late. (f)———-, we suffer in life. (g)————-, all of us should make the best use of time. (h)—————, proper time management is the key to success in student life. (i)——————, we find that an ideal student is the one who makes the best use of time. (j)————— -, a lazy student fails to make the grade as he kills time. (k)———, the teachers advise their students not to waste time. (l)———-, they warn the students against their addiction to social networking sites and gaming. (m)——————, students should follow the advice of their teachers. (n)——————, they will suffer in the long run.

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Once there lived a good number of frogs in a pond. On a rainy day, they were in a joyous mood. (a) ___ , they started playing. (b) ___ , there were only a few of them. (c) ___ almost all the frogs joined the play. (d) ___ , the young ones were very enthusiastic. They jumped into the air and then dived into water. (e) ___ , some of them began to sing in a loud voice. (f) ___ , they were really wonderful to watch on. (g) ___ , some boys were passing by the pond. One of them proposed to hit the frogs with stones in order to have some fun. (h) ___ they started throwing stones, at the frogs. (i) ___ , some of the frogs got injured and some of them were killed. (j) ___ . the boys did not stop their cruel game. $(\mathrm{k})$ ___ they continued throwing stones at the innocent frogs. They were overjoyed (l) ___ they were shouting loudly in excitement. Their chaos caught the attention of an elderly person $(\mathrm{m})$ ___ was the head of the village. He came to the spot and asked the boy to show kindness, (n) ___ kindness is the quality that makes us different from other creatures.

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We earned our independence in nine months. There were many reasons (a) ____ made our victory easier. (b) ____ we all were united at one point. (c) ____ it was a question of our survival and dignity (d) ____ our freedom fighters were committed. They fought valiantly in the war-fields. (e) ____ we had huge international support. (f) ____ the Pakistani soldiers didn't have any noble reasons before them. They were killers. (g) ____ , they were not natives of this country. (h)____ they didn't have sufficient ideas about the communication systems, weather, or people's sentiment in this country. (i) ____ they had two superpowers behind them. (j) ____ these superpowers could do very little directly for them. (k) ____ only in nine months, the Pakistani soldiers had to accept the worst defeat the world had ever experienced. (l) ____ it can be said (m) ____ the War of Independence proved (n) ____ no power can suppress the desire of the mass people.

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The old sailor spoke so strangely (a) —— the guest stood still. The feast began (b) —— the guest could hear the music and laughter, (c) —— for some reasons he could not join the others. The old man told him about his last journey on the sea. They had sailed awvay to the south (d) —— they had arrived in the cold grey sea. (e) —— the sea was frozen. (f) —— the ice was all around them. The big sails opened wide (g) —— the strong wind blew them quickly through the icy waters. The weather was very cold. (h) ——, there were no birds and animals in that snow covered country. But one day the sailors saw an albatross flying towards the ship. All men were very pleased to see it and they gave it food and water. It came to the ship every day (i) —— they called it. (j) —— one day, the old sailor killed the bird and after that everyone had to undergo terrible sufferings.