In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.A long time (1), in Athens, a middle-aged man had two

In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage, against each, five words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

A long time (1), in Athens, a middle-aged man had two wives. The first was old and the (2) one was young (3) loved the man very much and desired to see him like himself. Now the man?s hair was (4) grey, which the young wife did not like, as it made him (5) too old to be her husband. So every night she would (6) his hair and pick out the white ones. But the elder wife saw her husband growing grey with great (7), for she did not like to be (8) for his mother, So every morning she would arrange his hair and pick out as many of the black ones as she could . The (9) was that the man soon found himself entirely (10).

(2)
1). second
2). next
3). another
4). alternate

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