GRATUITOUS ADVICE
I was overwhelmed with gratuitous advice. Well-meaning yet ignorant friends thrust their opinions into unwilling cars. The majority of them said 1 could not do without meat in the cold climate. I would catch consumption. Mr Z went to England and caught it on account of his foolhardiness. Others said I might do without flesh but without wine, I could not move. I would be numbed with cold. One went so far as to advise me to take eight bottles of whisky, for I should want them after leaving Aden. Another wanted me to smoke, for his friend was obliged to smoke in England. Even medical men, those who had been to England, told the same tale. But as I wanted to come at any price, I replied that I would try my best to avoid all these things, but if they were found to be absolutely necessary I did not know what I should do. I may here mention that my aversion to meat was not so strong then as it is now. l was even betrayed into taking meat about six or seven times at the period when I allowed my friends to think for me. But in the steamer, my ideas began to change. I thought I should not take meat on any account. My mother before consenting to my departure exacted a promise from me not to take meat. So I was bound not to take it, if only for the sake of the promise. The fellow-passengers in the steamer began to advise us (the friend who was with me and myself) to try it.
Fill in the blanks appropriately using only the information given in the passage.
I was very (a) ——————– to hear the advice from the friends who were (b) ———————- I was not (c) ———————– to hearing it. They told me to eat (d) ——————– and drink. They also advised me to (e)———————— but I (f)———————- because I always remembered my (g)———————— which I had given to my (h)———————-
Answers
(a) overwhelmed
(b) ignorant
(c) averse
(d) meat
(e) smoke
(j) changed my idea
(g) promise
(h) mother.
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