The following passages have some blank spaces. Provide one suitable word for each blank:

(I) Mr. Beckett was a gentleman ___(1)_____ a good descent and a fair fortune, who ____(2)______ a life of great pleasure had on a sudden retired to _____(3)_______ sobriety and strictness, and __(4)_____ retained his usual cheerfulness and affability. Together with ___(5)_____ wisdom and justice and the courage he had shown ___(6)______ opposing the foul money, Mr. Beckett had ____(7)_______ his reputation to a very great height, not only in the town ____(8)______ he lived, but generally _____(9)________ the kingdom. He was not a man ____(10)_______ many words.

 

(II) The oracles of our ancestors have informed us ___(1)______ the fatal waste of fortune is ___(2)_____ small expenses which are too little to alarm our caution. Similarly, he ____(3)_______ hopes to look back with satisfaction ____(4)_____ the past years ___(5)_______ learn the present value of single minutes, and endeavor to let ____(6)______ particle of time fall useless ___(7)_____ the ground. ___(8)____ Italian philosopher expressed in his motto that time was his estate that ____(9)_______ produce nothing _____(10)________ cultivation.

 

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Answers:

Passage (I)

1. of
2. from
3. extreme/complete/extraordinary
4. yet
5. his
6. in
7. raised
8. where
9. throughout
10. of

Passage(II)

1. that
2. by
3. who
4. upon
5. must/should
6. no
7. to
8. An
9. will
10. without