RATIONAL CLOZE 3 SPM F5

The bright sun filtered through the clouds, warming the fields of alfalfa that my father was mowing. Within a day or two it would be put (1) ..... bales, gathered from the fields, stored in the hay loft and used to feed our livestock.

• A. into

• B. onto

• C. from

• D. under

I stood on the fence-line with the lunch my mother had prepared for my father. I watched as he carefully guided the tractor up and down the field and his eyes (2) ..... observing the movements of the mower.

• A. closely

• B. hardly

• C. tightly

• D. nicely

As he neared the end of the field, dad saw me holding out the lunch for him. He stopped and (3) ..... that it was safe for me to bring it to him.

• A. motion

• B. motions

• C. motioned

• D. motionless

As he ate his lunch, I begged him to give me a ride. I loved (4) ..... on the tractor with him. It was quite a treat because children were forbidden from riding it alone - it was for grown-ups only.

• A. jumping

• B. driving

• C. playing

• D. riding

Extremely safety conscious, dad rarely allowed us children to even go near it, let alone climb up on it. He was so (5) ..... of his family that he seldom asked mother to drive it within short distances.

• A. directive

• B. regulative

• C. protective

• D. restrictive

I liked riding it because I liked the feel of the wind blowing (6) ..... my hair and the warm sun on my face, arms and legs. Most of all, I loved being close to my father, sitting near him on the tractor seat inside his protective arms.

• A. along

• B. between

• C. among

• D. through

I adored my dad and everything about him. I found his (7)..... and passion for the outdoors contagious and his character interesting.

• A. energy

• B. energies

• C. energetic

• D. energising