Question

Until the end of his first year at school, Cyril retained many of the pleasures and pursuits he had brought with

him from home, and he kept an old interest in butterflies and fossils. His grandmother had presented him with

a fine bird's eggs cabinet, but he could never bring himself to risk in climbing trees. Once or twice he dissected

dead birds from sheer determination to overcome his horror of the operation. Probably it was his envy of those

physically unlike himself that brought on a phase during which he drew massive athletes with thick necks and

square shoulders. Again he was pitying himself for what he could never be.

The reason Why Cyril made drawings of athletes was that

• A. Though he admired them, he lacked a fine physique himself
• B. He loved violent exercises
• C. Athletics was a passion with him
• D. He has to complete an assignment

Answer 1

The correct option is A Though he admired them, he lacked a fine physique himself

The fifth line of the passage is describing the phase in Cyril's life where he drew bulky athletic figures as he was envying them and pitying himself for he couldn't gain an athletic body. So option A is the correct answer.