Once upon a time 24______ philosopher was travelling
down a river 25______ a small boat. While he was crossing the river he
26________ the boatman, “have y
ou heard about Philosophy?” “No,” 27________ the
boatman. “I 28_________ sorry 29______ you,” replied the learned man.
“You have lost a quarter of your life because it is a very interesting
science!” Several minutes later the philosopher asked 30______ boatman
another question: “Have you heard about Astronomy, when you 31________
at school?” “No, I 32_________ school many years ago and I 33_________
all about it,” was the answer. To this the philosopher answered that he
34________ really sorry 35_________ the man, and he thought that the
boatman had lost a second quarter of 36______ life. 24. c) a 25. a) in 26. b) asked 27. b)said 28. a) am 29. c) for 30. a) the 31. c) were 32. a) left 33. b) forgot 34. a) was 35. d) for 36. a) his