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Read the passage below which contains blank spaces that are numbered 1-16 and for each of the blank spaces fill the best fitting word I 1_my head to rest for the night, and 2_ I reflected on the happenings of the day, my heart felt heavy. I felt pinned down, backed up into a corner with no possibility of escape. As my mind 3_ to wander I 4_ not help listening to the strained voice of dad as he 5_ in yet another heated debate with mum over what I was sure was a 6_ matter. It 7_ longer bothered me as it was now a deep-set tradition. Squabbling, squabbling and 8_ squabbling. That 9_ all they ever seemed to do.
I 10_ about the romance novels I 11_ to read. 12_ all used to talk about13_, a happy life, a pleasant 14_, and a peaceable 15_. Was it all just fantasy, the 16_ of over imaginative mind? What about religion? It could not give much, I had already concluded.
1. Laid 2.as 3.began 4.could 5.engaged 6.trivial 7.no 8.more 9.was 10.thought 11.used 12.they 13.love 14.marriage 15.family 16.product.

  

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1. Laid 2.as 3.began 4.could 5.engaged 6.trivial 7.no 8.more 9.was 10.thought 11.used 12.they 13.love 14.marriage 15.family 16.product.

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