Question

Read the passage carefully. Fill in the blanks with ‘although’, ‘so that’, ‘as’ or ‘therefore’.

Both Michael and Peter were sports fans. _______________, they often spent a lot of time watching sports on television and participating in sports. _____________ they both liked sports, they did not like the same type of sports.

Michael preferred contact sports. ____________, he liked sports like rugby. HE enjoyed playing rugby ________ he could pit his strength against the other players. __________ most of them were bigger than he was, he was never discouraged. He spent whole afternoons training ____________ he could defeat his opponents.

Peter, on the other hand, preferred sports like swimming ________ he liked to play sports alone. ________________ he never had formal training, he was able to swim as well as a professional. ___________ both of them had different tastes in sports, their mother had to draw up a timetable ____________ they would not quarrel over who could watch his favourite sport on television.

IV. Hannah has just watched a programme on alligators on television. She writes to her cousin in Kolkata about it. Then complete the letter by choosing the correct options.

Dear Dara

Hope all’s well with you. You must (a) _____________ this new wildlife show on XTV. You’ll just love it! I enjoyed reading your letter about pandas. Well, I’ve just (b) _____ this programme on alligators. It was (c) _______________.

I (d) ______________ alligators were so clever. Did you know that if an alligator looks at you and grins, it actually wants to eat you? The alligator’s smile (e) _____________ by its peculiar lower jaw that turns up at the rear.

How does the alligator manage to eat an animal-feathers and bones and all (f) _______ getting slightly sick? Easy. You could too if you had a double stomach! In the alligator’s first stomach or crop, the food is softened to prepare it for digestion in the second stomach.

When the alligator gets hungry, it does not have to go looking for its prey-the prey comes to it. It lies (g) _______________ still that the passing animals mistake it for a log floating on water. When an animal comes a little too close to the log- snap!

Do keep in touch. It’s (h) __________ turn to tell me about another animal. Do convey my regards to all at home.

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