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Complete the text with suitable prepositions.

When the sun was setting (a) ______ the treetops, the jailor came (b) ______ the room of Socrates to bid him prepare (c) ______ death. In those days, the Athenian rulers used to sentence people to death by giving them a cup (d) ______ poison. Socrates knew this and he nodded (e) ______ the jailor. Bursting (f) ______ tears the jailor went out of the room and returned (g) ______ a cup of hemlock. Socrates lifted the cup to his lips. His pupils tried to keep back their tears but soon the room was filled (h) ______the sound of weeping. With the cup of poison (i) ______ his hand, Socrates said, “What is this strange sound? I have heard that a man should die (j) ______ peace. So be silent and have patience.”

Complete the sentences with suitable phrases/words given in the box:

(a) I have never walked five miles at a stretch, ______ ten miles. The idea of walking so much distance frightens me.
(b) I’ve never travelled by air. ______ flying in the sky?
(c) People do not like his imposing behaviour. He always behaves ______ he were a great leader.
(d) The little girl was suddenly crossing the road. A bus was passing by. As it came near the girl, the driver halted it. ______ he had not stopped the bus?
(e) The criminal ran away ______ he saw the police. He was afraid of being arrested.
(f) Smoking tells upon the smoker’s health greatly. You ______ give up this bad habit.
(g) Once ______ lived a king named Solomon. He was very wise.
(h) I ______ resign my job than tolerate injustice. I have moral courage to raise my voice against injustice.
(i) We ______ hire a rickshaw. It’s already too late. We have to reach the exam hall in time.
(j) Albert Einstein was a great scientist of physics. He______ in 1879 and breathed his last in 1955.

Complete the sentences using suitable clauses/phrases.

(a) Yesterday a boy came to me. He said that ______. So I gave him a shirt and some money.

(b) We should work and speak sensibly, ______ often invite difficulties in our life.

(c) I could not understand the chemistry lesson today. I would understand the lecture better if the teacher ______.

(d) Bangladesh is one of the worst victims of climate change. The climate is getting hotter because of ______.

(e) The shoes were so expensive that ______. I did not have sufficient money with me.

(f) This is not the time ______. Rather, we should perform our respective duties.

(g) We should be true to our word. If we make any promises, ______. Otherwise, we cannot be trustworthy to people.

(h) The National Memorial ______ is a symbol of our sacrifice and achievement. It is built with concrete, but made of blood.

(i) When the crime was committed, ______. So undoubtedly he is not involved in it.

(j) Education is an intellectual training ______. So we must be educated to be good human beings.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs in the brackets:

Most of the people who (a) ______(appear) most often and most gloriously in the pages of history (b) ______(be) great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really (c) ______(help) civilization forward are often never (d) ______(mention) at all. We (e) ______(not know) who first (f) ______(set) a broken leg, or (g) ______ (launch) a seaworthy boat or (h) ______ (calculate) the length of a year, but we (i) ______ (know) all about the killers and destroyers. People (j) ______ (think) a great deal of them, so much so that on all the highest pillars in great cities of the world you (k) ______ (find) figures of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think that most people (l) ______ (believe)that the greatest countries are those that (m) ______ (beat) the greatest number of countries in the battle and (n) ______(rule) over them as conquerors. This is how the world is going now.