Multiple choice

Find the Blank (ii).

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

A blind man, having reclaimed (i) ____________ sight as the result of a remarkable operation, confessed the other day that he was so disappointed (ii) ____________ the world he saw that he wondered whether he was not (iii) ____________ when he was blind. Human beings (iv) ____________ of a different appearance and mould from those with which his imagination had (v) ____________ them. Everything apparently, from motor cars to flower gardens, (vi) ____________short of the glorious images he had made (vii) ____________ them. The gift of sight (viii) ____________ him merely disillusionment.

  1. with

  2. at

  3. over

  4. about
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Explanation

The preposition 'disappointed with' is the correct collocation. When expressing disappointment about something or someone, we use 'with' - for example, 'disappointed with the result', 'disappointed with his performance'. This is standard English usage.

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