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Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an integrated whole. In April he said, "Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke." I did. The instructor was finished. But I was not finished. I still wondered if I would be terror-stricken when I was alone in the pool. I tried it. I swam the length up and down. Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. But now I could frown and say to that terror, "Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here's to you! Look!" And off I'd go for another length of the pool.1. What led the narrator to believe that he was 'not finished'? A. his childhood experience of swimming B. his instructor's attitude towards his swimming C. his insecurity over his ability to overcome fear D. his motivation to overcome his newly-developed fear2. Which of these BEST describes the narrator's relationship with his fear?A. hostile B. evasive C. indifferent D. repressive3. Which of these BEST describes the contrast in the focus of the swimming instructor and the narrator when it came to swimming? A. While the former focused on the mechanics, the latter focused on the creativity involved. B. While the former focused on the physical, the latter was more focused on the psychological. C. While the former focused on the practical, the latter was more focused on the theoretical aspects. D. While the former focused on casual learning, the latter focused on learning how to do it competitively.4. The narrator mentions his conversations with fear in this story to emphasize the __________. A. gaps in his skills as a swimmer B. grip that fear of water still has on his life C. improvement in his assurance as a swimmer D. ease with which he forgot about his fear of swimming5. The swimming instructor helped the narrator to regain his __________. A. strength B. prosperity C. innocenceD. confidence

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1. C his insecurity over his ability to overcome fear

2. A hostile

3.While the former focused on the physical, the latter was more focused on the psychological.

4. C improvement in his assurance as a swimmer

5. confidence



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