| 1. Rescuers _______________ helicopters, boats and buses to save the hundreds of people stranded by the flood. | | |
| 2. At the age of 16, the great Chinese philosopher Confucius was a corn _______________. | | |
| 3. Government medical insurance here in British Columbia is available to all residents on a voluntary _______________ basis for a low monthly fee. | | |
| 4. The light was _______________ as the boys slowly walked home after the baseball game. | | |
| 5. Research shows that ESL students who read _______________ score significantly higher on vocabulary tests than those who do not. | | |
| 6. There is some spyware on my computer that I just can't seem to get _______________ of. | | |
| 7. To stop a nosebleed, sit up straight, and _______________ your head slightly forward. | | |
| 8. Studies show that one of the greatest fears of the elderly is that they might become _______________ on others. | | |
| 9. Leopards often _______________ their food up into a tree to eat in peace. | | |
| 10. Use of a car is an _______________ expense for the self-employed on their income tax return. | | |
| 11. Heart disease is usually considered as anything that goes wrong with the heart or _______________ system. | | |
| 12. The Upanishads, written around 600 B.C., are a collection of Indian _______________ on the nature of reality and the soul, and the relations between these two. | | |
| 13. More than 45,000 pieces of plastic garbage _______________ on every square mile of ocean. | | |
| 14. American troops have _______________ the building where the terrorists are believed to be hiding. | | |