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. The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow, and the road was only (4) ______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow over the fields, and the line where the sky and earth met could not be (5) ______. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: an
Option 2: the
Option 3: one
Option 4: a
Correct Answer: the
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
Adding "the" before "last" clarifies that it is specifically the final blacksmith's hut in the village that they passed. This usage helps specify which blacksmith's hut is being referred to among potentially multiple huts in the village.
Therefore, the correct answer is " the ".
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