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Christopher and Margaret Roberts always spent their summer vacation as far away from England as they could possibly afford. ________, as they both were teachers at a small preparatory school just north of Bristol, their experience of four of the five continents was largely ________ to periodicals such as National Geographic and Times. But their annual vacation each August was sacred, and they spent eleven months of the year saving, planning, and preparing for their one extravagant luxury. The following eleven months they spent _________ their pupils about their discoveries. During the long evenings when their pupils were meant to be asleep, Christopher and Margaret would examine maps, analyze expert opinion, and then finally come up with a shortlist to consider. In recent trips they had _______ to visit Norway, northern Italy, and Slovakia, ending up the previous year exploring the east coast of Greece. “It has to be Turkey this year. We can ______ afford any other trip. The prices have risen again,” said Christopher one evening. A week later, Margaret ______ to the same conclusion, and so they were able to move on to Phase Two. Every book on Turkey in the local library was borrowed and consulted. By the first day of the summer term, charter tickets were paid for and reservations were _____.

1. A) nevertheless B) although C) however D) therefore
2. A) reserved B) restricted C) restrained D) retained
3. A) speaking B) talking C) saying D) telling
4. A) fulfilled B) achieved C) managed D) succeeded
5. A) merely B) hardly C) closely D) purely
6. A) came B) went C) took D) got
7. A) held B) kept C) made D) done