Cloze passages. Fill in each blank with one suitable word.
1. My friends and i love to 1._________ Pokemon cards. We 2._________ shopping for them every week and look for special deals. Each of us has an envelope 3.__________ each card to protect it and keep it 4.________.
Sometimes, we make trades to get our 5._________ cards. We do not trade too 6._________ because sometimes we start to argue. Each of us wants to get the best deal and that can be a 7.___________.
Mostly we play games with them and show them to 8.________ other. I have more than fifty 9.__________ now and they are really beautiful. Some of my friends have more than eighty but they spend more 10. _________ than me.
2. In November 1902, Theodore Roosevelt 11.___________ the president of America. People liked calling him Ted. One day, Ted went 12.__________ with his firends in the countryside. After hours of searching, they did not meet any wild animals. Finally, they 13.___________ a helpless bear. One of the guides asked Ted to shoot 14.___________ so that he could win. But Ted refused. Many people praised Ted 15.____________ his kindness.
Some time later, a store owner decided to make 16._________ bears to sell in his shop. He asked Ted to allow him to use the name ' Teddy's Bear' for his toys. He did this 17._________ he wanted to remind people of the bear that Ted 18._________. Everybody now knows these toys as Teddy Bears, but 19._______ of them know that they were named 20.___________ President Roosevelt.