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Fill in the gap with an appropriate word:

Dear Michael,
Thank you ___________(1) seeing me off at Heathrow Airport last night. We
___________(2) a pleasant flight, but I was tired out ___________(3) we landed at
Rome ___________(4) five this morning. ___________(5) father met me at the
airport, and we ___________(6)some time looking round before returning
___________(7) Trisoli.
I picked up a lot of English ___________(81) my holiday with you, and my father
knows somebody who ___________(9) give me more conversation practice. I have
___________(10) get down to my work soon for my summer examinations but I
am quite confident in my English now.
Thank you again for your hospitality.
Yours.

2. The umbrella is a very ordinary ___________(1). It keeps the rain and the sun
___________(2) people. Most umbrellas can ___________(3) so it is easy to carry
them. However, the umbrella did not begin ___________(4) as an ___________(5)
object. It was a sign of royalty or importance. Some African tribes still
___________(6) umbrella in this way today. Someone carries an umbrella and
walks ___________(7) the king or ___________(8) person.
Umbrella are very ___________(9). The Chinese had them in the eleventh century
B.C. from there they traveled to India, Persia and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, men
wouldn’t use them. They believed umbrella were ___________(10) for women

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