Cloze Test Fill in the below gaps with the best answer choice. During a terrible naval battle between the English and the Dutch, the English (1),   Select submarine battleship yacht flagship long-boat   commanded by Admiral Narborough, (2)   Select was drawn was drawed were drawn drawed drew   into the thickest of the fight. Two masts were soon shot away, and the mainmast (3)  Select felled falled fallen did fell fell   with a fearful crash upon the deck. Admiral Narborough saw that all was lost unless he could bring up (4)  Select their there his they’re his’s   ships from the right. (5)  Select slowly hastily calmly carefully stubbornly   scrawling an order, he called for volunteers to (6)  Select run scoot float dive swim   across the boiling water, under the (7)  Select hell hale hail shower sprinkle   of shot and shell. A dozen sailors at once offered (8)  Select their there they’re theirs theirself   services, and among them a cabin boy. "Why," said the admiral, "what can you do, my fearless lad?" "I can swim, Sir," the boy replied; "if I be shot, I can be easier (9)  Select sparred to spare spared for sparring to spear   than anyone else." Narborough hesitated; his men were few, and his position desperate. The boy plunged into the sea, amid the cheers of the sailors, and was soon lost to sight. The battle (10)  Select raged can rage will rage had raged could have raged   fiercer, and, as the time went on, defeat seemed (11).  Select unevitable inevitable infinite avoidable finite    But, just as hope (12),   Select faded had faded will fade could fade was fading   a thundering cannonade was heard from the right, and the reserves were seen bearing down upon the enemy. By sunset the Dutch fleet was scattered far and wide, and the cabin boy, the hero of the hour, (13)  Select called. could be called. should have been called. was called. was calling.   in to receive the honor due to him. His bearing so won the heart of the old admiral that he (14),  Select exclaimed proclaimed said stated questioned   "I shall live to see you have a flagship of your own." The prediction was fulfilled when the cabin-boy, having become Admiral Cloudesley Shovel, (15)  Select was nighted was knighted will be knighted. could be nighted. were knighted.

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