Passage 3 
Each question in the text refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer from the options A, B and C or A, B, C and D to fit the numbered blank.  
 	Sinbad’s father died when he was very young. He left Sinbad with ___________(17) money than he had ever seen in his life. An ___________(18) Sinbad went to sea to begin trading at ports and he had many ___________(19) adventures. His ___________(20) experience was landing on an ‘island’ that was actually a ___________(21) whale! 
 	In his haste to escape from the ‘island’, Sinbad fell into the ___________(22) sea but he finally drifted to shore. He found himself on a ___________(23) beach. He was ___________(24) to be walking on solid ground again. When Sinbad went back to his own country, no one believed his story about the whale.  
17.	A    many 
B	more 
C	much  
D	most 
18.	A    excite 
B	exciting 
C	excited 
D	excitement 
19.	A    interest 
B	interesting 
C	interested 
D	interests 
20.	A    fun 
B	funny 
C	funnier 
D	funniest 
21.	A    huge 
B	clever 
C	baby 
22.	A    stormy  B    clean 
 	C    shallow 
23.	A    old   
B	modern 
C	sandy 
D	far 
24.	A    glad 
B	tired 
C	angry 
D	sad