Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once . Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. Poor old Ed. It made me all choked up when I heard the news about his death. He meant an (1)____ lot to me. We had known each other (2)____all our lives, ever since we grew up in the same (3)____. I should have written to him before, but I am not much good at (4)____. All my (5)____time is taken up driving the cab. I am on the go all day, driving form one (6)____to another. We used to get together, but it has been a long time since our last (7)____. (8)____we just kept in touch with the occasional card. I had been meaning to write a proper letter for a long time, but kept (9)____it. Then last week I finally got round to it, only to get the bad news just as I was on my way to the mail box. Whoever says you should never put off till tomorrow what you can do today is (10)____right. A. reunion B. destination C. Nearly D. neighborhood E. correspondence F. postponing G. Mostly H. interrupting I. signed J. absolutely K. touch L. available M. awful N. embarrassment O. practically