1. A man had two dogs: a hound ......... to help him with his sports and another to guard the house.

trained

tutored

brought up

educated

2. Whenever the hunter came home, he always gave the house dog a large ......... of what he caught.

section

slice

portion

quantity

3. The hound dog was very ......... about this.

overturned

set up

upturned

upset

4. He told the house dog he found it very ......... having to do all the hard work.

annoyed

annoying

annoys

annoy

5. What made things worse, he continued, was that the house dog never ......... part in any of the hunting.

did

put

took

had

6. All the house dog did was simply to feed himself on the results of the ......... that the hound dog undertook.

exertions

extremes

exercises

excesses

7. The house dog felt he had to ......... himself in the face of all this criticism.

display

detect

defend

distend

8. The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to ......... someone.

accuse

blame

disapprove

fault

9. The house dog told him to criticize their master who had taught him not how to work but how to ......... on the work of others.

hang

support

attach

depend

10. The moral of this fable is: you mustn't ......... children for the mistakes of their parents.

reproach

reprieve

repeal

reject

11. One day a hare looked at a tortoise and ......... the short feet of the tortoise.

laughed

ridiculed

ridiculous

laughter

12. He also made ......... of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.

fun

joke

laugh

funny

13. The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ......... him in a race.

strike

hit

beat

knock

14. It was ......... that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.

consented

permitted

allowed

agreed

15. The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ......... pace all the time to the end of the race.

steadying

steadied

steady

steadily

16. The hare shot ahead and then decided to ......... down at the side of the path for a rest.

lay

lie

laid

lain

17. It wasn't long before the hare fell into a ......... sleep.

profound

steep

deep

full

18. When he woke up, he couldn't ......... his eyes because there was the tortoise crossing the finishing line.

understand

believe

comprehend

follow

19. At the end of the race the tortoise, ......... by all his hard work, was quietly slumbering on the line.

destroyed

excavated

exhausted

evacuated

20. The moral of this fable is: slow but ......... always wins the race in the end.

sure

evident

certain

definite