Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
 It is generally acknowledged that children learn a lot from their parents. It is not so commonly admitted that parents learn a great deal from their children. As adults, it is easy to assume that we are always right, but the laugh was on me one beautiful day.
 My daughter Kashmira knew how much I loved flowers. One day when she was of nine years, she picked some branches from our neighbour's blossoming fruit tree. Realising she intended to please me, I didn't scold her, but chose a different approach. "These are lovely, dear, but do you realise that if you had left them on the tree, each of these blossoms would have become a cherry?" "No, they wouldn't have", she said firmly.
"Oh, yes they would have. Each of these blossoms would have grown into a cherry". "Well okay, mother, if you insist", she finally conceded, "but they were plums last year".

What is not commonly acknowledged is that- 

Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the pair of statements.

I. He is determined to get______quickly.
 II. This chocolate mousse is too_____for me.

Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the pair of statements.

I. The_____train to London takes less than an hour.
 II. Hundreds of prisoners began a_____in protest about prison conditions.

Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the pair of statements.

I. I invested some money in savings_______
 II. The aim was to_____the group into a closely-knit teams.

Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the pair of statements.

 I. Mc-Donalds was trying to________into the newspaper business.
 II. She will never______that story about you getting lost.

Two statements with blanks have been given. These statements are followed by five alternatives. Choose the one which fits into the pair of statements.

I. My lawyer is going to _______a letter of complaint.
 II. He took a minute or two to_____his thoughts before he replied.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

CONTAMINATE

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

A large section of a hotel under construction collapse in New Orleans last Saturday.