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[
"defeated",
"caught",
"damaged"
] | They all say he was [MASK] by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. | struck |
[
"regularly",
"naturally",
"generally"
] | The [MASK] trained dogs serve as eyes for people who can't see, making it possible for them to lead independent lives. | specially |
[
"complex",
"necessary",
"proper"
] | The specially trained dogs serve as eyes for people who can't see, making it [MASK] for them to lead independent lives. | possible |
[
"So",
"And",
"Or"
] | [MASK] what you probably didn't know is that about 80 years ago, a doctor and his patient discovered this entirely by accident ! | But |
[
"horse",
"assistant",
"nurse"
] | Near the end of that war, Dr. Gerhard Stalling and his [MASK] walked with a patient--a German soldier who had been blinded -around hospital grounds in Germany. | dog |
[
"abandoned",
"admired",
"protected"
] | Near the end of that war, Dr. Gerhard Stalling and his dog walked with a patient--a German soldier who had been [MASK] -around hospital grounds in Germany. | blinded |
[
"given",
"kept",
"sent"
] | While they were walking, the doctor was [MASK] away. | called |
[
"lost",
"asleep",
"alone"
] | A few moments later, when the doctor returned, the dog and the soldier were [MASK] ! | gone |
[
"fortune",
"mistake",
"decision"
] | Stalling made an astonishing [MASK] . | discovery |
[
"unwillingly",
"immediately",
"gratefully"
] | His pet had led the soldier [MASK] around the hospital grounds. | safely |
[
"ran",
"drove",
"flew"
] | And together the two [MASK] peacefully back toward the doctor. | walked |
[
"Amused",
"Puzzled",
"Required"
] | [MASK] by what his dog could do, Dr Stalling set up the first school in the world to train dogs as guides. | Inspired |
[
"hospital",
"factory",
"hotel"
] | Inspired by what his dog could do, Dr Stalling set up the first [MASK] in the world to train dogs as guides. | school |
[
"growing",
"dressing",
"coming"
] | Dorothy Eustis, an American woman [MASK] as a dog trainer for the International Red Cross in Switzerland, was curious to study the way Stalling trained dogs and spent several months in his school. | working |
[
"nervous",
"careful",
"tired"
] | Dorothy Eustis, an American woman working as a dog trainer for the International Red Cross in Switzerland, was [MASK] to study the way Stalling trained dogs and spent several months in his school. | curious |
[
"letter",
"book",
"introduction"
] | She came away so impressed that she wrote a(an) [MASK] about it for theSaturday Evening Postin America. | article |
[
"feed",
"buy",
"raise"
] | A blind American man, Morris Frank, heard about the article and he wrote to Dorothy Eustis and asked that she [MASK] a dog for him. | train |
[
"advantage",
"offer",
"invitation"
] | Dorothy Eustis took up the [MASK] , and trained a dog, Buddy. | challenge |
[
"situation",
"competition",
"preparation"
] | She brought Frank over to Switzerland to join her in the training [MASK] . Frank went back to the United States with what many believe to be America's first guide dog in 1928. | process |
[
"attained",
"paused",
"seized"
] | Two years after my graduation, I [MASK] my job and made up my mind to realize my dream . | quit |
[
"project",
"glory",
"liberty"
] | Two years after my graduation, I quit my job and made up my mind to realize my [MASK] . | dream |
[
"what",
"that",
"when"
] | No one could tell me [MASK] I would succeed or not. | whether |
[
"principle",
"justice",
"career"
] | I had too many things to write and I had to write because the [MASK] was full of my heart. | enthusiasm |
[
"changeable",
"permanent",
"sceptical"
] | I found it [MASK] to earn my living by selling what I wrote. | difficult |
[
"adjusted",
"attacked",
"registered"
] | I can't remember how many times my novels were [MASK] during that year. | rejected |
[
"pretended",
"waited",
"agreed"
] | But I [MASK] to put my dream to the test--even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure . I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the goal . | determined |
[
"anxiety",
"prejudice",
"opportunity"
] | But I determined to put my dream to the test--even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of [MASK] . I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the goal . | failure |
[
"intelligence",
"fantasy",
"reputation"
] | But I determined to put my dream to the test--even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure . I believed anyone with a dream must learn to struggle for the [MASK] . | goal |
[
"donate",
"inform",
"require"
] | During the most difficult period of my life, one of my classmates came to see me and tried to [MASK] me, "Yun, come to our company, and we will pay you 2,000 yuan a month." | persuade |
[
"sponsor",
"assist",
"earn"
] | During the most difficult period of my life, one of my classmates came to see me and tried to persuade me, "Yun, come to our company, and we will [MASK] you 2,000 yuan a month." | pay |
[
"account",
"money",
"scale"
] | 2,000 yuan was really a big [MASK] at that time. | fortune |
[
"steadier",
"handier",
"happier"
] | It would enable me to live [MASK] . | better |
[
"hand",
"table",
"wallet"
] | As the money were dancing in my [MASK] , something cleared my senses. | head |
[
"doubtfully",
"eagerly",
"consciously"
] | "Thanks, but no," I said [MASK] , "I'm going to stick to writing." | firmly |
[
"lucky",
"creative",
"confident"
] | Again and again, I said to myself, "I will be [MASK] . | successful |
[
"sold",
"advocated",
"allocated"
] | Finally my first novel was 58 [MASK] in 1991. | published |
[
"adopted",
"associated",
"deposited"
] | I had the kind of fame and success that few writers ever [MASK] .
Twenty years have passed, but the effect it had on my life has lasted. | experienced |
[
"understood",
"reminded",
"assumed"
] | Now I often [MASK] the time working in that cold storage room. | recalled |
[
"present",
"disabled",
"opposite"
] | Apart form the people [MASK] , almost everybody else was on their phones, and because of the nature of the tube, it is difficult not to see exactly what they are all doing. | asleep |
[
"carefully",
"immediately",
"sensitively"
] | Apart form the people asleep , almost everybody else was on their phones, and because of the nature of the tube, it is difficult not to see [MASK] what they are all doing. | exactly |
[
"crowded",
"faraway",
"outdoors"
] | Of course, being [MASK] it is difficult to get any signal, which rules out texting or using the Internet, but there is still plenty you can use your phones for. | underground |
[
"and",
"so",
"or"
] | Of course, being underground it is difficult to get any signal, which rules out texting or using the Internet, [MASK] there is still plenty you can use your phones for. | but |
[
"cards",
"records",
"jokes"
] | People were playing [MASK] , reading articles and listening to music, and I'm sure that as soon as they emerged from the train station they would start texting or calling or checking their emails. | games |
[
"survived",
"separated",
"suffered"
] | People were playing games , reading articles and listening to music, and I'm sure that as soon as they [MASK] from the train station they would start texting or calling or checking their emails. | emerged |
[
"approach",
"access",
"communication"
] | There is a constant [MASK] to everyone in the world, as long as you have a mobile phone in your hand. | connection |
[
"change",
"recycle",
"use"
] | Recently, my smartphone broke and had to be sent off to the warehouse for [MASK] for a week or so. | repair |
[
"cheap",
"familiar",
"modern"
] | In the meantime I had to use a really [MASK] , basic phone just to keep in touch with my family and friends. | old |
[
"e-mails",
"photos",
"signals"
] | All I could do on this phone was send [MASK] , make calls and play one game. | messages |
[
"actions",
"worries",
"complaints"
] | I loved being free from the Internet, and I really didn't mind not having constant [MASK] about what my friends were doing or what the latest celebrity story was. | updates |
[
"boring",
"embarrassing",
"inspiring"
] | It was quite [MASK] and it allowed me to spend more time taking in my surroundings --- I could enjoy my time in London more, for example, and I could watch the people around me and really see what was going on. | refreshing |
[
"cost",
"waste",
"save"
] | It was quite refreshing and it allowed me to spend more time taking in my surroundings --- I could [MASK] my time in London more, for example, and I could watch the people around me and really see what was going on. | enjoy |
[
"Instead",
"Otherwise",
"Therefore"
] | [MASK] , I knew that as soon as I got my smartphone back I would be one of those people once again, addicted to finding out what everyone is doing and wasting my time playing games or checking social network sites. | However |
[
"opposed",
"equal",
"blind"
] | However , I knew that as soon as I got my smartphone back I would be one of those people once again, [MASK] to finding out what everyone is doing and wasting my time playing games or checking social network sites. | addicted |
[
"burdening",
"devoting",
"sparing"
] | However , I knew that as soon as I got my smartphone back I would be one of those people once again, addicted to finding out what everyone is doing and [MASK] my time playing games or checking social network sites. | wasting |
[
"insist",
"deny",
"admit"
] | Perhaps I should just go back to using the basic phone and [MASK] I ever got my smartphone back... | forget |
[
"refused",
"ordered",
"happened"
] | On Allen's birthday, Don [MASK] to drive him to Chicago, more than two hours' distance, for the first game of the World Championships. | decided |
[
"cards",
"passes",
"money"
] | They had no [MASK] but hoped to buy two from other people. | tickets |
[
"rode",
"ran",
"cried"
] | After arriving, they 33 [MASK] in the streets for two hours carrying a sign which said, " We need two tickets". | walked |
[
"book",
"photo",
"magazine"
] | After arriving, they 33 walked in the streets for two hours carrying a [MASK] which said, " We need two tickets". | sign |
[
"And",
"Or",
"So"
] | [MASK] the cheapest ticket was $175 and they could not afford it. | But |
[
"offer",
"keep",
"hold"
] | But the cheapest ticket was $175 and they could not [MASK] it. | afford |
[
"invited",
"asked",
"beat"
] | They were about to leave when a man [MASK] them. | stopped |
[
"in",
"through",
"over"
] | He pulled [MASK] two tickets and handed them to Don. | out |
[
"Cheap",
"Expensive",
"Terrible"
] | " [MASK] ! | Free |
[
"agreed",
"examined",
"appeared"
] | When asked, the man [MASK] "I am working for Joe, who hasn't 41 missed a World Championships for 16 years. | explained |
[
"delayed",
"won",
"lost"
] | When asked, the man explained "I am working for Joe, who hasn't 41 [MASK] a World Championships for 16 years. | missed |
[
"record",
"time",
"point"
] | The only [MASK] he set is to give the tickets to people who I think will be deserving. | rule |
[
"lend",
"tear",
"make"
] | A lot of people looked as if they might just take the tickets and [MASK] them right away. | sell |
[
"boring",
"interesting",
"smart"
] | You seemed very [MASK] and you make me think of my Dad and myself when I was a child. | anxious |
[
"very",
"well",
"nearly"
] | I [MASK] wanted to go to see a World Championships game with my father at that time. | really |
[
"ability",
"right",
"dream"
] | But I never got the 47 [MASK] ". | chance |
[
"unpleasant",
"funny",
"disappointing"
] | How important and [MASK] the game was to Don and his son! | unforgettable |
[
"which",
"that",
"how"
] | Here is [MASK] Don said, "It's the most worth remembering thing that happened to us. | what |
[
"hating",
"discussing",
"playing"
] | Here is what Don said, "It's the most worth [MASK] thing that happened to us. | remembering |
[
"what",
"when",
"how"
] | He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him [MASK] he thought he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. | why |
[
"capable",
"able",
"original"
] | He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more [MASK] than the average person. | creative |
[
"coincidence",
"incident",
"conflict"
] | He responded that it all came from a(n) [MASK] with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. | experience |
[
"carry",
"bring",
"fetch"
] | He had been trying to [MASK] milk from the fridge when he dropped the slippery bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor. | remove |
[
"fell",
"lost",
"escaped"
] | He had been trying to remove milk from the fridge when he [MASK] the slippery bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor. | dropped |
[
"mass",
"map",
"mess"
] | When his mother came in, instead of shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful [MASK] you have made! | picture |
[
"happily",
"frequently",
"angrily"
] | I have [MASK] seen such a huge pool of milk. | rarely |
[
"got",
"suffered",
"received"
] | Well, the damage has already been [MASK] . | done |
[
"jump",
"enjoy",
"lay"
] | Would you like to get down and [MASK] in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?" | play |
[
"successful",
"fantastic",
"painful"
] | His mother then said, " You know, what we have here is a [MASK] experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. | failed |
[
"strong",
"thin",
"weak"
] | His mother then said, " You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two [MASK] hands. | tiny |
[
"controlled",
"possessed",
"occupied"
] | The little boy learned that if he [MASK] the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. | grasped |
[
"example",
"teaching",
"instruction"
] | What a wonderful [MASK] ! | lesson |
[
"anxious",
"nervous",
"fearful"
] | This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be [MASK] to make mistakes. | afraid |
[
"situations",
"occasions",
"turns"
] | Instead, he learned that mistakes were just [MASK] for learning something new, which is, after all , what scientific experiments are all about. | opportunities |
[
"do",
"finish",
"go"
] | Even if the experiment "doesn't [MASK] ," we usually learn something valuable from it. | work |
[
"worthy",
"costly",
"interesting"
] | Even if the experiment "doesn't work ," we usually learn something [MASK] from it. | valuable |
[
"good",
"old",
"shut"
] | After a while she noticed that the old lady's handbag was [MASK] .Inside it, she found a wad of pound notes exactly like the one her husband had given her. | open |
[
"missed",
"disappear",
"found"
] | She quickly looked into her own bag--the notes were [MASK] .Mrs. | gone |
[
"into",
"out",
"away"
] | So she decided to take back the money [MASK] the lady's handbag and say nothing about it.She looked around the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's handbag, took out the notes and put them into her own handbag. | from |
[
"something",
"everything",
"anything"
] | So she decided to take back the money from the lady's handbag and say [MASK] about it.She looked around the bus to make sure nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's handbag, took out the notes and put them into her own handbag. | nothing |
[
"nothing",
"somebody",
"neither"
] | So she decided to take back the money from the lady's handbag and say nothing about it.She looked around the bus to make sure [MASK] was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's handbag, took out the notes and put them into her own handbag. | nobody |
[
"sending",
"calling",
"caring"
] | So he wrote to his brother, [MASK] for $500. | asking |
[
"by",
"for",
"on"
] | "Send the money [MASK] telegram ," he wrote," to the Fisher Bank in P..."
After a week he began calling at the Fisher bank. | to |
[
"looking",
"arriving",
"shouting"
] | "Send the money to telegram ," he wrote," to the Fisher Bank in P..."
After a week he began [MASK] at the Fisher bank. | calling |
[
"Something",
"Everything",
"Anything"
] | [MASK] has come for you. | Nothing |
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