According to the boss, John is the most …… for the position of executive secretary.

His _____ for his loyal support for the party was a seat in the Cabinet.

She's a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.

I’ve never really enjoyed going to the ballet or the opera; they’re not really my ________.

There are many religions in the world __________ Buddhism, Catholicism, and Islam.

A reduction in the amount of paperwork has been proposed in an attempt to ease the ____________on busy teachers.

She sat down at the piano and began to play a patriotic _____. 

Paul Baran _______ the Internet and the Ministry of America National Defence supported to develop it for the first time in 1969.

His name was on the ______ of my tongue, but I just couldn’t remember it. 

Having so many hobbies in common, Ted and Nick got on like a(n) ____________ on fire.

The computer has had an enormous _________ on the way we work.

I’ve been on _____ nine since I heard that I passed the exam.

As it was dark, he _____ his toe against the tableleg. 

If I had more time, I should _______ golf as a hobby. 

Four generations living in the same roof will have different ____ of lifestyle.

Walking down the street, she noticed a long _____ of houses all exactly alike.

Some high school students take part in helping the handicapped.

In Britain, it is compulsory to go to school between the ages of five and sixteen.

She is so ______ to her children that she has decided to quit her job to stay at home and look after them.

The _____ of the lake is covered with reeds and rushes.

A trust worker was discovered to have..........confidential information to a rival corporation.