Directions: In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage and then try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blank (1) with the help of the alternatives given.

This may seem (1) ____, but there's one incident I've never forgiven her for. It happened one day when I had to go to the dentist. Mother and Margot (2) ____ to go with me and agreed I should take my bicycle. When the dentist had finished and we were back outside, Margot and Mother very sweetly (3) _______ me that they were going downtown to buy or look at something, I don't remember what, and of course I wanted to go along. But they said I couldn't come because I had my bike with me. Tears of rage rushed to my eyes, and Margot and Mother began laughing at me. I was so furious that I stuck my tongue out at them, right there on the street. A little old lady happened to be passing by, and she looked terribly (4) ____. I rode my bike home and must have cried for hours. Strangely enough, even though Mother has wounded me thousands of times, this particular wound still stings whenever I think of how (5) ____ I was.