1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the following words from the text.
1) He regularly ______ with known drug-dealers.
2) I would leave you in the old world, and ______ myself to the new.
3) It is often difficult to ______ the truth of an event from a newspaper report.
4) It was the suggestion that he might alter course to win an election that really ______ him.
5) She looked into his eyes and ______ madness.
6) The Americans are adamant that they will not ______ on this point.
7) But your father stands in the way because of certain unrealistic _______.
8) Men and birds are ______ of climbing high.
9) Two old boys ______ on the street corner discussing cattle.
10) The second world war ______ his enthusiasm for politics.
2. Complete the following sentences with the proper forms of the words in the brackets.
1) She talked ______ (compose) to reporters about her terrible ordeal.
2) People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in ______ (solitary).
3) The breathtaking green valley below ______ (apt) named Beautiful Valley.
4) His tact was ______ (exemplar), especially considering the circumstances.
5) He glanced at Juliet accusingly and she looked suitably ______ (abash).
6) Each nation can have its own ______ (peculiar) when it comes to doing business.
7) The audience punctuated his speech by outbursts of ______ (applaud).
8) Foreign funds alone are clearly not enough, nor are ______ (exhort) to reform.
9) NEW YORK-E-mail is crippled, concussed by a(n) ______ (repress) spam stream.
10) Any ______ (resemble) of a character in this book to a living person is purely incidental.
3. Find the appropriate prepositions or adverbs that collocate with the neighboring words.
1) His head being turned ______, he passed a crook of the road, and, looking forward again, beheld the figure of a man, ______ grave and decent attire, seated ______ the foot of an old tree.