1. In some countries, there is a terrible ________ of food.

2. a wild goose chase = ________.

3. There was a small room into ________ we all crowded.

4. It's difficult to tell the twins apart because they look exactly the ________.

5. Now that my dad is retired, he enjoys ________ more time with his grandchildren.

6. I took ________ tennis again at the beginning of this year.

7. He is a very ________ player. He practises for two hours every morning.

8. The two trains collided with ________ loud a crash it woke everyone in the station hotel.

9. It's a good idea to see your doctor regularly for ________.

10. ________ the evening Dick and Mark will meet again.

11. He has been waiting for this letter for days, and at ________ it has come.

12. Never before ________ seen such an enormous wedding cake.

13. Jazz is an American art form which is now ________ in Europe through the determined efforts of ________ in France, Scandinavia, and Germany.

14. Children have to stay ________ school until they are 15.

15. He says he's sorry ________ what he did, so you need not get angry with him.

16. Workers who do not obey the safety regulations will be ________ immediately.

17. In her ________ she was a famous tennis player.

18. ________, after trying three times, he passed the examination.

19. He was ________ of understanding anything which involved numbers.

20. My parents moved to California when I was 8. I really didn't want us to move there, but I was a child, I had ________.

21. I don't think he's ________ of solving the problem on his own.

22. We’ve ________ out of milk, so you’ll have to have your tea without any.

23. It was ________ a boring film that I fell asleep in the middle of it.

24. You should pay more attention ________ what the teacher is saying.

25. The firemen managed to put ________ the fire after working for three hours.