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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.

Redwing had read (1)_______that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best (2)______for a novelist. He had said "an unhappy childhood." Redwing had enjoyed a fine time growing up, but he (3)______if this whole (4)_________was unfolding more like a novel and would be (5)_______on one person, one character, the guy in charge: him. Maybe you had a happy childhood and then an unhappy adulthood, and that's how novels worked.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. 5.

Option 1: based

Option 2: bloomed

Option 3: blessed

Option 4: blamed


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: based


Solution : The correct choice is the first option .

In this context, based indicates that the unfolding events of the novel are centred on or founded upon one person, one character, namely Redwing himself. It means the narrative is built around or has its foundation in his experiences or actions.

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