Every summer Miss Dredger took in visitors at Clôs de Joi. It was a square house with 
a .................... (1) across the island to the sea, with the island of Jersey on the horizon.
Miss Dredger had ordered a carriage to take her down the harbour hill. …………….. 
(2) it was a steep descent, she would …………….. (3) have walked the distance herself, 
and would even have returned …………….. (4) foot. 
Nevertheless, she had …………….. (5) on a carriage this particular morning, for she 
had a gentleman to meet at the harbour. Both he and his luggage must be got up the 
harbour hill. It was .................... (6) that the luggage could not walk up on its own and 
from what she knew (7) …………….. men, it was ten to one that her new lodger 
.................... (8) be as helpless as his luggage. 
And so, as the carriage had to go down the hill before it could come up again, Miss 
Dredger, with her sharp .................... (9) of logic, decided that, in order to …………… 
(10) use of this fact, it would be as well to be called for at Clôs de Joi. 

1. A sight                    B vision                                 C view                                   D look
2. A However             B Although                             C Despite                              D Even
3. A commonly           B actually                              C mostly                                D normally
4. A at                        B on                                       C with                                    D off
5. A decided              B chosen                               C arranged                             D considered
6. A honest                B simple                                C direct                                   D clear
7. A about                  B for                                      C from                                    D under
8. A should                B would                                  C ought                                  D could
9. A sense                 B idea                                    C feeling                                 D impression
10. A take                  B have                                   C make                                   D get