—Alice, why didn't you come yesterday?—I __________,but I had an unexpected visitor.
As a rule, domestic servants doing odd jobs are paid ______.
On ______ news today, there were ______ reports of heavy snow in that area.
For a long time they walked without saying ______ word. Jim was the first to break ______ silence.
______ on-going division between English-speaking Canadian and French- speaking Canadians is ______ major concern of the country.
When he left ______ college, he got a job as ______ reporter in a newspaper office.