1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the following words from the text.

1) You may feel tearful in situations where you feel _____.

2) They stood throwing each other sentences all sprightful and _____ for a while.

3) There have been several close calls, but no one has been able to _____ a deal.

4) Schmidt continued to _____ his views on economics and politics.

5) His _____ and industry brought him speedy promotion.

6) The parents had little interest in _____ domestic concerns.

7) The Channel Islands are a favorite summer _____ for UK and French yachtsmen alike.

8) He’s already _____ their support on health care reform.

9) He was tortured by an awareness of the _____ nature of his position.

10) It remained very difficult to _____ food, fuel and other daily necessities.

2. Complete the following sentences with the proper forms of the words in the brackets.

1) With unusual _____ (docile), Nancy stood up and followed him as he left the newsroom.

2) He is waiting for them to recognize him and eventually they do, much to his _____(gratify).

3) China can undertake and complete any risky projects at any _____ (congenial) terrain in the world.

4) He has a great _____ (partial) for chocolate biscuits.

5) Their speeches, richly embellished with _____ (allude) and quotations, captivated the audience.

6) It was _____ (scruple) of their lawyer to withhold evidence.

7) His life was set on a(n) _____ (revoke) course.

8) The rushed decision to expand _____ (jeopardy) the company’s finances.

9) There are many _____ (infamy) murderers in history, known as true butchers.

10) There was public outcry at his _____ (atrocity) behavior.

3. Find the appropriate prepositions or adverbs that collocate with the neighboring words.

1) My tenderness of heart was even _____ conspicuous as to make me the jest _____ my companions.

2) This peculiarity of character grew _____ my growth, and, _____ my manhood, I derived _____ it one of my principal sources of pleasure.

3) I married early, and was happy to find _____ my wife a disposition not uncongenial_____ my own.

4) In speaking _____ his intelligence, my wife, who _____ heart was not a little tinctured _____ superstition, made frequent allusion _____ the ancient popular notion, which regarded all black cats as witches _____ disguise.

5) For Pluto, however, I still retained sufficient regard to restrain me _____ maltreating him, as I made no scruple _____ maltreating the rabbits, the monkey, or even the dog, when _____ accident, or through affection, they came _____ my way.

6) I seized him; when, in his fright _____ my violence, he inflicted a slight wound_____ my hand with his teeth.

7) My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight _____ my body.

8) When reason returned _____ the morning — when I had slept _____ the fumes of the night’s debauch.

9) One morning, _____ cool blood, I slipped a noose _____ its neck and hung it _____ the limb of a tree; — hung it with the tears streaming _____ my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart.

10) My entire worldly wealth was swallowed _____, and I resigned myself thenceforward_____ despair.