Direction: In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.

The house - the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one (1)______ see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that (2)______ promised a good harvest. The only thing the earth (3)______ was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Paul - who (4)______ his fields intimately had done nothing else but watch the sky towards the north-east.