Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Each word may be used only once. Taxes are a(n) _____ which may fall on everybody. 2. We _____ the authority’s decision not to close the hospital. 3. The doctor’s instructions must be ______ exactly; the sick man’s life depends on it. 4. Do these opinion polls really_____ what people are thinking?. 5. I prefer to think of memorization as a stepping-stone to _______in use of words and phrases. 6. In her office memos she tended to ______ the work done by her staff. 7. The history of railroad transport has partly been a history of _____for greater efficiency and profit.. 8. He took on the new post without having the faintest idea of what it________ . 9. He is ______ one of the greatest experts in that field. 10. Absolute secrecy is essential. _______, the fewer who are aware of the project the better.