A. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the words listed in the box. Change the forms of these words if necessary. Restrict elbow marathon resignedly dread shrug encircle evolve Chicken bruise weird intervene 1. David walked into the room, __________ by bodyguards. 2. The six-year-old boy went to school with a ________ face in a rainy day. 3. My cousin _________ me out of the way when the gang came towards us. 4. My father _________ himself to two cigarettes a day as he had a bad cough recently. 5. The professional basketball player __________ off the defeat and talked about tonight's game. 6. Our old headmaster made a __________ speech of 4 hours at the graduation ceremony. 7. “You are a ________; that's why you won't climb the tree“, he boy on the top of the tree shouted to his buddy. 8. My son terribly _______ a visit to the dentist. 9. Because of its successful management, an amateur acting group had already ________ into a theatrical company. 10. He considered it his duty, in a _________ sort of way, to stand by her. 11. The person of the house gave a ________ little laugh. 12. He would have his degree by now if his laziness hadn't __________.