Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Harry Potter was first introduced in the novel 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' as an orphan who is (1)__________ by his guardian aunt and uncle and their son. On his 11th birthday, Harry discovers that his parents were a witch and a wizard and that he, a wizard himself, has been invited to (2)_________ Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He also learns that his parents had not (3)__________ in a car accident, as his aunt and uncle had told him, but that they instead had been murdered by an evil wizard named Voldemort. Harry was the only person to have ever (4)_________ an attack by Voldemort-by somehow (5)__________ the latter's 'killing curse'—which left him with a lightning-bolt-shaped scar on his forehead.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: see
Option 2: escort
Option 3: accompany
Option 4: attend
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Correct Answer: attend
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
In the context of the passage, Harry Potter has been invited to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The word attend is used to indicate going to or being present at an event, which fits perfectly with the idea of Harry being invited to Hogwarts.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
- See means to observe or perceive with the eyes.
- Escort means to accompany or guide someone to a destination.
- Accompany means to go somewhere with someone as a companion.
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