| 1. The Middle Eastern nation of Qatar has only two natural _______________; haze and dust storms. | | |
| 2. Of course people didn't live at the same time as dinosaurs! Don't be such an _______________! | | |
| 3. When a man dies in Kazakhstan, he passes on the _______________ for the family to his son. | | |
| 4. You'd better sharpen that _______________ a bit if you want to stick it in the vampire's heart tonight. | | |
| 5. The baby crawled across the _______________ towards the puppy. | | |
| 6. My _______________ isn't as good as when I was young. | | |
| 7. The light _______________ in this house are very old fashioned; we'd like to change them. | | |
| 8. Macbeth, King of Scotland whose life was the _______________ for the famous play by Shakespeare, died in the year 1057. | | |
| 9. The king escaped from the castle through a secret _______________ leading to the river, where a boat was waiting. | | |
| 10. Adult elephants commonly punish younger elephants with a slap from their _______________. | | |
| 11. Leaders of the industrialized world met for the start of an important economic _______________ in New York today. | | |
| 12. The house has a large porch with huge _______________ on either side. | | |
| 13. My mother had a fierce _______________ that scared everyone in the family, including my dad. | | |
| 14. Her 6-year-old daughter drew a wonderful picture of a jungle with incredible little _______________ of different plants and insects. | | |
| 15. We were able to find the _______________ to the puzzle by working together. | | |
| 16. The _______________ of the Red River has risen rapidly over the last few days, and is now endangering some of the farms along its banks. | | |