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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 3.

Option 1: perished

Option 2: departed

Option 3: lost

Option 4: vanished


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Correct Answer: perished


Solution : The first option is the correct answer.

In the context of the passage, the sentence mentions that Harry learns that his parents had not died in a car accident but had been murdered. The word perished conveys the idea of death and fits well in this context.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Departed means left or gone away.
  • Lost means no longer alive or unable to be found.
  • Vanished means disappeared completely.

Therefore, the correct answer is perished .

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