Multiple choice

Find the Blank (viii).

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. brings

  2. brought

  3. has brought

  4. to bring
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Explanation

The passage is narrated in the past tense throughout - 'confessed', 'was disappointed', 'wondered', 'were'. The sentence 'The gift of sight (viii) ____________ him merely disillusionment' requires the past tense 'brought' to maintain consistency with the narrative tense.

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