II. Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a word from the box. Change the form where necessary. ( 1*15=15 points ) 1. The king himself __________ the beast and cuts off its head. 2. Police __________ five young men in connection with one of the attacks. 3. I t was terrible at first, especially getting up before dawn to __________ that 6:30 train. 4. He __________ my hand and dragged me away from the window. 5. Twenty miners were __________ underground. 6. S he made her first and only __________ flight last September. 7. E arly astronomers thought that our planet was the centre of the __________. 8. The __________ is a reflection of the Human Being. 9. His religious __________ don ’ t allow him to eat meat. 10. M any Americans lost __________ in the integrity of their political leaders as a result of the Watergate scandal. 11. It is our firm__________ that a step forward has been taken. 12. The clerk is always able to __________ the customers to buy the clothes. 13. Doctors said surgery could __________ heart attack. 14. I think your article in the school newspaper is right on target, and your viewpoints have certainly __________ me. 15. It was difficult to __________ him because he was very stubborn.