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Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
I thought kindness as an instinct was worth writing about, considering the lack of sympathy and courtesy one encounters several times a day. Are we, as a society, ___(1)___ public rudeness? People even want to overtake you in a queue while boarding a flight on which everyone’s seat is assured! As you collect a precariously balanced tray of snacks or coffee, a brash neighbour cannot wait 10 seconds for hers; she thinks nothing of jostling your arm or stepping on your foot. So much so, that a polite word from a stranger or a show of ___(2)___ in a supermarket comes as a pleasant shock! This insensitivity to others, deepened by self-preoccupation, is a symptom of a dangerous lack of ___(3)___ kindness. Earphones and mobile screens shut out the world, while users move like robots, oblivious of their fellow humans. Not a moment can be spared for the person seated inches away, perhaps a first-time traveller struggling with a seat belt! Whether plain old-fashioned kindness, a golden ___(4)___? One might call it the gift of caring enough, either when approached for help or sometimes even before one is asked. Often it takes courage to be kind because with it goes the risk of being rejected, perhaps even cheated when you let your guard down to assist another person out of sheer goodwill or ___(5)___. Much safer to do and say nothing? To stay uninvolved? Of course. But if it were to happen to you? If you needed help and people walked by with eyes ___(6)___…what then?
Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
I thought kindness as an instinct was worth writing about, considering the lack of sympathy and courtesy one encounters several times a day. Are we, as a society, ___(1)___ public rudeness? People even want to overtake you in a queue while boarding a flight on which everyone’s seat is assured! As you collect a precariously balanced tray of snacks or coffee, a brash neighbour cannot wait 10 seconds for hers; she thinks nothing of jostling your arm or stepping on your foot. So much so, that a polite word from a stranger or a show of ___(2)___ in a supermarket comes as a pleasant shock! This insensitivity to others, deepened by self-preoccupation, is a symptom of a dangerous lack of ___(3)___ kindness. Earphones and mobile screens shut out the world, while users move like robots, oblivious of their fellow humans. Not a moment can be spared for the person seated inches away, perhaps a first-time traveller struggling with a seat belt! Whether plain old-fashioned kindness, a golden ___(4)___? One might call it the gift of caring enough, either when approached for help or sometimes even before one is asked. Often it takes courage to be kind because with it goes the risk of being rejected, perhaps even cheated when you let your guard down to assist another person out of sheer goodwill or ___(5)___. Much safer to do and say nothing? To stay uninvolved? Of course. But if it were to happen to you? If you needed help and people walked by with eyes ___(6)___…what then?
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