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.Most ghost stories are (1) ..................in mysterious, old houses or castles. The ghosts themselves whose (2) ................wander the earth at night, are usually the victims of some horrible crimes. This is not always the case as the following story (3).................. When my friend, Paul, was a schoolboy, he often used to chat to Mr. Scott, an elderly gentlemen living on his own. Mr. Scott was a keen gardener. He would always be looking after his lawn or his flowers and Paul was (4) ...................the habit of saying a few words to him over the fence. One summer’s evening, as Paul was on his way home from school, he saw, as (5) ..................Mr. Scott in his garden. The old man was busily weeding his flowerbeds. When he saw Paul, he invited him into the garden with a (6) ..................of his hand. Slowly, they strolled all around, admiring the various flowers. Then, to Paul’s surprise, Mr. Scott bent down and picked a (7) .................of his finest dahlias. ‘Here boy,’ he said. ‘Give these to your mother.’ No sooner had he arrived home than he (8) ................the flowers to his mother. He then told her that they were with Mr. Scott’s compliments. His mother’s face went red with anger. ‘You wicked boy!’ she shouted. ‘How (9) ...............you say such a thing! I (10) ............into his daughter in the supermarket this morning. She told me that the poor old chap had passed away in his sleep last Friday.`
( wave/ in/ spirits/ dare/ set/ show/ usual/ presented/ bunch/ bumped )
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The Great Pyramid of Giza, a monument of wisdom and prophecy, was built as a tomb for Pharaoh Cheops in 2720 B.C. (1) ...............its antiquity, certain (2) ..................of its construction make it one of the truly great wonders of the world. The four sides of the pyramid are (3) .............almost on exactly true north, south, east and west – an incredible engineering feat. The ancient Egyptians were sun worshippers and great astronomers, so computations for the Great Pyramid were (4) ...................on astronomical observations. Explorations and detailed examinations on the base of the structure (5) ................many intersecting lines. Further scientific (6) .............indicates that these (7) ..............a type of time line of events – past, present, and future. Many of the events have been interpreted and found to (8) ...................with known facts of the past. Others are prophesied for future generations and are presently under (9) ................. Was this superstructure made by ordinary beings, or (10) ...............built by a race far superior to any known today )

( study/ investigation/ one/despite/
aligned/coincide/reveal/ base/ represent/aspects)
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.I have always found it difficult to say (1) .................certain what my memories from my early childhood are. Are these memories learnt at a later age from overhearing our parents tell of our exploits? However, there is a particular (2) ..................that I would love to claim as a (3) ........................memory. When I was just three years old, I went to the post office with my mother where she was going to buy some stamps. While she was being served, I happened to (4) ......................a small stocking which was hanging from the counter. It was there to collect (5) ..................for a (6) ...................for the blind. While her back was (7) ....................I took the stocking and emptied the (8) ..................into my coat pocket. Of course I was too young to know any better. When it was realized what I had done, everybody roared with laughter except, that is, for my mother who was a little embarrassed. She quickly emptied the money back into the stocking (9) .....................incidentally, a few pennies of my own. One of the clerks was something of an amateur cartoonist and he did a drawing of me robbing an old lady. This cartoon was (10) ........................in the post office for the next couple of years
(genuine/care/including/notice/for/contents/turned/incident/contributions/displayed)
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The Southwestern States of the United States suffered one of the worst droughts in their history from 1931 to 1938. The drought (1) ............the entire country. Few food crops could be grown. Food became (2) ..............and prices went up (3) ...............the nation. Hundreds of families in the Dust Bowl region had to be moved to farms in other areas with the help of the federal government. In 1944, drought brought great damage to (4) ..................all Latin America. The drought moved to Australia and then to Europe, (5) ..............it continued throughout the summer