The following passage is a summary of Text A. fill in each blank, using words or phrases in the box below. force bench prevent avoided spadeful incident confrontation more than menace ridiculous On a Sunday afternoon, the Mortons were in a park. Larry, their son, was playing in the sandbox, where the other boy suddenly threw a 1)________ of sand at him. Larry’s mother tried to 2)_________the boy from doing this again but in vain. The boy’s father sitting on a 3)_________a few feet away even encouraged him to throw all he wanted because it was a public place. His voice was edged with 4)_________ .Morton regarded this as 5)________and then he disputed with the other boy’s father. There was a 6)________ between the two men and it seemed that a fight was coming. However, Morton finally 7)_________it and went home with his wife and son. It was 8)___________just an unpleasant 9)_________ and more than defeat of reason by 10)________.