53.I arrived at the airport so late that I（ ）missed the plane.

27.Israel and Hamas had reached a deal on extending the（ ）ceasefire by an extra 24 hours until Tuesday at midnight.

26.“I’m leaving the country soon,” he told a（ ）convened group of reporters.

25.Chris ran（ ）John at a sporting-goods trade show and the two quickly struck（ ）an easy rapport.

24.Mutual funds are thus best for investors who don’t want to take the time to study stocks in detail or who（ ）the resources to build a portfolio.

23.The Foreign Secretary tried to（ ）doubts about his handling of the crisis.

22.The police department came under strong criticism for both the death of an unarmed man and its handling of the（ ）.

21.The Attorney General ordered a federal autopsy of Brown’s body, seeking to（ ）the family and community there would be a thorough investigation into his death.

20.The sentence “I wish I had been more careful in spending money” expresses the speaker’s（ ）.

19.（ ）your advice, I would have made the wrong decision.

18.The audience（ ）excited on seeing（ ）favorite star glide onto the stage.