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My older brother seems to believe he’s really ________________________. Whenever someonedisagrees with him, he won’t even consider the possibility that he’s mistaken.

The laundry soap ad ________________________(e)d an ugly, stained shirt with a beautiful, brightshirt that had supposedly been washed in the soap.

Every member of the school board but one voted to hire the new teacher. The ________________________kept saying, “There’s something about him that I just don’t like.”

It’s difficult to make a child understand the need for ________________________. All parentshave had the experience of hearing their children yell out some true but embarrassing fact, such as“Look! That man doesn’t have any hair on his head!”

Babies benefit from a great deal of ________________________ stimulation: different textures tofeel, shapes and colors to look at, and various sounds to hear.

Don’t fall for telephone scams, where authoritative people tell you that you need to pay your taxes over the phone. They are _______________________s.

I wonder how people who earn their money through _______________________ means can enjoy their wealth. For me, gaining money illegally would spoil much of its pleasure.

Match each sentence to its missing word. There is one extra word that does not belong in any of the sentences. 1. It takes Jared an hour to drive to work even in [a] traffic conditions. 2. I thought the repairman was being [b] when he said he had to cut a  bigger hole in the wall in order to fix the little hole, but that’s exactly what he did. 3. Even though he considers himself an introvert, many of his classmates would call him [c]. 4. To be great performers, piano players must be [d] with their hands. 5. The world [e]s Isaac Newton, who discovered the laws of gravity.

Not being able to read well is a(n) _______________________ to most careers.

Dr. Gonzalez was disturbed to see such _______________________ in young Lisa. Usually, childrenher age have a great amount of energy.