V. Fill each of the numbered blanks with a suitable word. a. I went to the conference but for most of the time I felt (31) ....................... a fish out of water. I knew nobody there and everyone else behaved (32) ....................... if they had all known each other for years. I left just (33) ....................... soon as I could and arrived home (34) ....................... than planned. b. I’ve always preferred classical music (35) ....................... pop music. I’d much (36) ....................... listen to a 45-minute symphony (37) ....................... a three-minute song. Pop songs seem so (38) ....................... less interesting, harmonically and melodically, and the insistent, repetitive drumming is about (39) ....................... much fun (40) ....................... banging your head against a wall. c. My father was a jack of all trades in those days, as (41) ....................... all village school headmasters: digging holes for swimming pools (42) ....................... a full-time labourer, marking out athletics tracks in the manner (43) ....................... a professional, teaching arithmetic to the top class in (44) ....................... time as he had free. The (45) ....................... he did, the more was expected of him by the village community, as if he should (46) ....................... every waking hour to the well- being of his pupils. And he did. Nowadays one hears people talk of headmasters as if they (47) ....................... accountants, balancing their (48) ....................... as efficiently (49) ....................... they can. I think I’d (50) ....................... have been a headmaster in the old days.