Question

(a) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not

copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank

space. [4]

Example: (0) carrying

A giant plane, —.0.— (carry) 43 passengers was forced to crash-land when its ....1.... (land) gear ....2....

(get) stuck. Only the skill of the pilot ...3.... (prevent) a major tragedy. The landing gear …4…..(not

come) down as it prepared to land at the airport. Expert mechanics laboured over the plane for three hours

before they found what caused the mechanical ....5.... (fail). What they found was almost unbelievable.

A nut about as small as a pencil eraser ....6.... (fall) into a channel, or had been picked up on the runway,

and had prevented a pin from being withdrawn. This in turn keeps the gear from ....7.... (move).

Small things, often determine the well-being of countless people. One incident can endanger the ....8....

(safe) of a large number of people.​

Answer 1

Answer:

pin from being withdrawn