Directions (Qs. 1 to 12): In the following two passages, at certain points you are given a choice of three words in a bracket, one of which fits the meaning of the passage. Choose the best word from each bracket.

Passage-2

Picasso is considered by many as the greatest painter of the modern age. There are stories at legends about him. Once, on a beach in Southern France, a little boy, obviously sent by his parents, approached Picasso __8__ a sheet of paper and begged for a small autographed drawing. Picasso __9__ for a moment, then tore up the paper, took __10__ colour crayons, drew designs on the boy's chest __11__ neck and signed his 'work' and sent the youngest __12__ to his parents.

9. Choose the best word for blank __9__.