Reading Section — ENGLISH [FL] STD 12 Science — Question

An extremely talented actress once blew over the sets.
[became overweight at, went to pieces, spoke angrily at]

There was a fierce a look of resistance upon Yumi's face that Hana felt unreasonably afraid.
[was a little afraid, was sensibly fearful, was scared unjustly]

We were heading towards Antarctica.
[moving towards, pointing towards, jerking on]
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How am I supposed t concentrate on my exam.... with someone breathin’ down my neck? [causing discomfort, hurting the neck, snooping closely]

He must have doubled back into the city. [carried twice the load, gone back in the same direction, crawled back]

The Reverend observed the entire episode at close range.
[as some hunter, by being present, not close by]

He peered into the wound with the bright surgeon’s light fastened on his forehead.

[looked interestedly, moved his eye into, looked closely into]

At 8.45 the same morning the Reverend Stuart McLeery left his lachelor flat in Broad Street and stepped out briskly. [moved on funnily, walked energetically and quickly, strolled leisurely]

Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of the ground. [treasured out, forced out, awarded to]

Mr. Lamb: So now keep your ears shut. [cover the ears, don’t listen, put on ear plugs]