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Direction: Read the passage and complete the cloze test. Parineeta was __ (33) __ late for anything. She was sure that she would catch the train on time. However, she arrived __ (34) __ than expected. The taxi had taken __ (35) __ than usual because of a traffic jam. She grabbed her bag and ran __ (36) __ to the platform. She managed to board the train as it was running __ (37) __.

A) slower                         

B) slowly         

C) more slowly     

D)          slow