Comprehension Passage
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
That was a jolly story _____1_____ Arthur Ransome told the other day in one of his messages from Petrograd, a place in Russia. A stout old lady was walking __2___ her basket down the middle of a street to the _____3_____ confusion of the traffic and with no small peril to herself. It was pointed _____4_____ to her that the _____5_____ was the place for the foot passengers, but she replied, “I’m going to walk where I like. We’ve got liberty now.”
That was a jolly story _____1_____ Arthur Ransome told the other day in one of his messages from Petrograd, a place in Russia. A stout old lady was walking __2___ her basket down the middle of a street to the _____3_____ confusion of the traffic and with no small peril to herself. It was pointed _____4_____ to her that the _____5_____ was the place for the foot passengers, but she replied, “I’m going to walk where I like. We’ve got liberty now.”
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
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beside
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in
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at
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with