The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only.
     Women have an average life _________ of seven years longer than men and tend to marry men older than themselves; so two-thirds (six million) of all older women are widows. _________ widowed they do not have the same social prerogatives as older men to _________ and marry those who are younger. _________ , they are likely to end up alone—an ironic _________ of events when one remembers that most of them were raised from childhood to consider _________ the only acceptable state. 

     The sheriff follows the county attorney _________ the other room. Then Mrs. Hale rises, hands _________ together, _________ intensely at Mrs. Peters, whose eyes make a slow turn, finally _________ Mrs. Hale’s. A moment Mrs. Hale holds her, then her own eyes _________ the way to where the box is concealed. _________ Mrs. Peters throws back quilt pieces and tries to put the box in the bag she is wearing. 

     A company that delivers value _________ customer intimacy builds _________ with customers like those between good neighbors. Customer-intimate companies don’t deliver what the market wants _________ what a specific customer wants. The customer-intimate company _________ a business of knowing the people it sells to and the products and services they need. It continually _________ its products and services and does so at _________ prices. 

     Childhood’s _________ never asks to be proved (all conclusions are absolute). I didn’t question why Mrs. Flowers had _________ me out for attention, nor did it _________ me that Momma might have asked her to give me a little talking to. All I _________ was that she had made tea cookies for me and read to me from her _________ book. It was _________ to prove that she liked me.

A. via B. reasonable C. enough D. cared about
E. logic F. occur to G. tailors H. bonds
I. but J. makes K. singled L. into
M. expectancy N. turn O. date P tight
Q. meeting R. As a result S. When T. point
U. Suddenly V. favorite W. marriage X. looking