Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the given paragraph.

A blind man, having reclaimed (10) ____________ sight as the result of a remarkable operation, confessed the other day that he was so disappointed (11) ____________ the world he saw that he wondered whether he was not (12) ____________ when he was blind. Human beings (13) ____________ of a different appearance and mould from those with which his imagination had (14) ____________ them. Everything apparently, from motor cars to flower gardens, (15) ____________short of the glorious images he had made of them. The gift of sight brought him merely disillusionment.

Fill in the blank (11).

  1. with

  2. at

  3. over

  4. about
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase is disappointed with something, not at, over, or about. Disappointed with is the standard collocation when expressing dissatisfaction with a specific thing or situation.

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