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enProfound Mourning: Multiple Choice Grammar Test (Level B1)
A man placed some flowers on the grave of his dearly (1) _______ mother and started back toward his car when his attention (2) _______ to another man kneeling at a grave. The man seemed (3) _______ with profound intensity and kept repeating, “Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die? Why did you have to die? “The first man approached him and said, “Sir, I do not wish to interfere (4) _______ your private grief, but this demonstration of pain is more than I 5 —before. For whom do you mourn so (6) _______ ? A child? A parent? “The mourner took a moment to collect himself, then replied,“My (7) _______ first husband.
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | departing | departed | departure | is departed |
| 2 | was diverted | diverting | is diverted | has diverted |
| 3 | to be praying | praying | to be prayed | to have prayed |
| 4 | in | for | with | on |
| 5 | had ever seen | have ever seen | ever saw | ever seen |
| 6 | depth | deeper | deeply | deep |
| 7 | the wife’s | wive’s | wife | wife’s |
1.B; 2.A; 3.A; 4.C; 5.B; 6.C; 7.D
