Multiple choice

Choose the most appropriate word to fill in blank (iii).

Directions: Read the following paragraph carefully.

Nature (i) _____ an inexhaustible source of sweetness and beauty. All the sweetness and beauty (ii) ________ by man is only a poor imitation of nature’s original beauty. Nature offers (iii) _____ all the sweetness and glory of form, colour, sound and sight etc. What can be (iv) _____ than the soft petals of a newly (v) ______ rose? No music made by man (vi) ______ as soothing as the gentle (vii) ____ of a sparkling stream (viii) ______ through a landscape.

  1. we

  2. our

  3. us

  4. ourselves
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Nature offers (iii) _____ all the sweetness' requires an object pronoun after the verb 'offers'. 'Us' is the correct object form. 'We' is subject, 'our' is possessive, and 'ourselves' is reflexive.

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