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Directions: Choose the most appropriate word fill the numbered blanks.

Time runs faster (i) ____________ a train, flies quicker than air and slips (ii) ____________ so quietly that no            one is aware of it. We get up in the morning, take breakfast after the daily routine, the day (iii) ____________, we spend time in a (iv) ____________ manner and finish the daily jobs and lo! the day is almost over. We return in the evening and again think of (v) ____________. Soon we dine, then (vi) ____________ happy and sleepy, lie down and in no (vii) ____________ it is the next morning. A poet (viii) ____________ truly said that life is over in no time.