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He was not the Model Boy (12.1) _____ the village. He knew the model boy very well though - and loathed him.
Within two minutes, or (12.2) _____ less, he had forgotten all his troubles. Not because his troubles were one whit
less heavy and bitter to him (12.3) _____ another man's are to him, but because a new and powerful interest bore them
down and drove them (12.4) _____ of his mind for the time being - just as men's misfortunes are forgotten in the
excitement of new enterprises. This new interest was a valued novelty in whistling, which he (12.5) _____ just
acquired from a negro, and he was suffering to practice it undisturbed.
It consisted (12.6) _____ a peculiar bird-like turn, a sort of liquid warble, produced by touching the tongue to the roof
of the mouth at short intervals in the midst of the music – the reader probably remembers (12.7) _____ to do it, if
he has ever been a boy.
Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony
and his soul full of gratitude. He felt much (12.8) _____ an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet - no
doubt, as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the boy, not the astronomer.
Adapted from Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
12.1 A. of B. from C. around D. at
12.2 A. more B. only C. even D. little
12.3 A. like B. then C. as D. than
12.4 A. away B. out C. off D. farther
12.5 A. had B. has C. have D. was
12.6 A. with B. of C. in D. without
12.7 A. who B. when C. what D. how
12.8 A. as B. like C. if D. though