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6. …………. 7. …………. 8. …………. 9. …………. 10. …………. SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word. David Martyn was born and (1) ………. in a land which prides (2) ………. On its Celtic culture. Early in life he (3) ………. a love for animals, in (4) ………. for horses, a love which he (5) ………. till his dying day. He did not, (6) ………., wish to become a veterinary surgeon. (7) ………. less a jockey, for he had (8) ………. his heart on a medical career. (9) ………. due course, he moved (10) ………. his parents to London (11) ………. in his mid-teens, sixteen to be (12) ………., he began to study medicine. (13) ……….the start he applied himself (14) ………. great diligence to his studies, (15) ………. that it took no-one by (16) ………. when he passed his finals with (17) ……….colors. Dr. Martyn went (18) ………. to specialize and was already at the (19) ………. of the medical tree (20) ………. he left medicine for the ministry.