Previous Year Question: Cloze Test from SSC Mts 4th sept,2023 Shift -3 #7

Quiz Application

Once, there was a boy who became bored when he watched over the village sheep (1)________ on the hillside. To entertain himself, he sang out, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!” When the villagers heard the cry, they came (2)________ the hill to drive the wolf away. But, when they arrived, they saw no wolf. The boy was amused when seeing their angry faces. “Don’t scream wolf, boy,” warned the villagers, “when there is no wolf!” They angrily went back down the hill. Later, the shepherd boy cried out once again, “Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!” When the villagers came, they saw there was no wolf, they said strictly, “Save your (3)________ cry for when there is really a wolf! Don’t cry ‘wolf’ when there is no wolf!” Later, the boy saw a real wolf sneaking around his flock. Alarmed, he jumped on his feet and cried out as loud as he could, “Wolf! Wolf!” But the villagers thought he was (4)________ them again, and so they didn’t come to help. At sunset, the villagers went looking for the boy who hadn’t returned with their sheep. When they went up the hill, they found him (5)________ as all the sheep were dead

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