Reading Section — ENGLISH [FL] STD 12 Science — Question

Sophie's father was scooping shepherd's pie into his mouth as hard as he could go.
[was digging, was pushing, was securing]

Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of the ground.
[treasured out, forced out, awarded to]

Out on the tracks I caught a glimpse of a locomotive with a funnel-shaped shack.

[was able to have a look, was attracted to, caught a picture]

Years of mind-numbing toil have killed all initiative and the ability to dream.

[a likable job with no mental torture, an extreme hard life that is a mental torture, an effort that is force to put them down]

Jansie, knowing they were both assigned for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.
[became sad, became irritated, became elated]

It was obvious that he too knew precious little about the poet.
[hardly anything, largely everything, more than slight]

He summoned all his strength and staggered in the direction of the sound.
[became a little brave, took a dosage of vitamins, called for all his mental power]

It wiped out fear and terror.

[removed all fear, brought back in fear, blacked out some fear]

And opposite to him McLeery, seated slightly askew from the tacbles [a little asymmetrical, a little lopsided, somewhat slanted]

This wasn't an inquisition, just Jansie being nosey. [being detached, being curious about other's affairs, being a little uphanded]