SURPRISINGLY (A), SOMEONE HAD CHANGED (B) THE CURTAINS BEFORE (C)...

25. Surprisingly (A), someone had changed (B) the curtains before (C) I had arrived (D)

VI. Reading

Passage 1

Michael Faraday, at English experimental physicist, was the son of a poor blacksmith. He

had very little schooling and had to work in a book binder’s at an early age. He worked hard

all day and studied at night. One day, a man who came to the shop was very surprised

(26) ……….. that the boy was very interested in studying a very

difficult (27)……….. like physics and electricity. He talked to Faraday and learned

that they boy (28)……….. already been making some experiments although he

was too poor to have anything but a home –make battery. The man gave Faraday some

tickets for the lectures delivered by the famous scientist at the time, Sir Humphry Davy.

Faraday was very happy to go. he made careful note of what he had heard, and at the end

of the lectures, he sent his note to the great (29)………….. and asked for a job in his

laboratory. Later, Sir Humphy Davy made him his assistant and this began his scientific

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