3. The lifeboats were sent to rescue the sailors     the sinking ship.

2. Yolanda went     the test paper once more carefully for fear that she would overlook any essential details.

1. A recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in theUSwould be higher than the number of English speakers by      year 2090.

10. The statue was erected as a      (memory) to those who died in the war.

9. Some people never seem to      (wear) of eating the same type of food every day.

8. One way of preventing further flooding would be to      (deep) the river bed.

7. Following the earthquake,a large-scale rescue      (operate) was launched.

6. He is the only      (survive) of the plane crash on Monday.

5. The evening news comes on at seven o'clock and      (last) only thirty minutes.

4. This boy was      (scold) for what he had,done in the class.