Other Fill in the Blanks

We had a _____ of cold weather in November.

A basket of apples _____ been sold.

How _____ rice is there?

The author engages this issue from diverse perspectives, supports his arguments with many examples, and manages to avoid antagonizing others in dealing with a very ________ subject.

These books _______ me.

There are ____ dangerous drivers.

New programs will be ____ next week in Bangladesh Television.

My situation was like out of the frying pan ______ the fire.

The discovery of penicillin was a ____ event.

Scarcely ... the lecture begun when the fire alarm sounded.

Fill in the blanks (Questions 9-11):
The deadline was nearby, so Mrs. Jamila had her students ________ their essays.

He got ______ his illness in two weeks-

The dress does not fit me. I will have to have it ____.

The new policy will _______ significant changes to our banking sector.

The researcher _______ the committee praised for methodological rigor later revised the paper.

Hurry spoils the__.

They ____________ to arrive before sunset, but the storm delayed them.

The gypsies are a tribe of strange people. They do not have any fixed home, but wander about from place to place and live in tents. They were originally natives of India. But as they reached England from Egypt, the English took them for Egyptians. This is why they came to be called gypsies. They were believed to possess strange powers. They could tell your fortune by reading the palm of your hand. It was thought they stole little children to train them in their way of life. Whenever a child got lost, it was thought that it had been carried away by gypsies. So they were arrested and sent for trial. But this attitude towards the gypsies has gradually changed.
The gypsies are people who ______ 

Fill in the blank of the following sentence with the right form of verb. 
If I ____ a king!

Questions 11 to 15: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate pair of words:
11. The losing team made a _____ but ____ effort to catch up with its opponent.