Gap-fill exercise

For reference to the reading text, go to the 'Reading' tab at the top. For reference to the vocabulary, go to the 'Vocab' section at the bottom. Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble.
1. Recently Peter has been with his parents. He prefers to study Chemistry at university but his parents want him to be an accountant after graduation.
2. In the past few weeks, the number of mosquitoes in Yuen Long has increased as a result of the continual rain.
3. Mr. Wong was in the murder case because of the financial row he had had with Mr. Chan, who was found dead in Mr. Wong’s office.
4. The new government taxation policy met with a of protest. Almost every day, people from different walks of life took to the street to show their discontent.
4. Some groups have the latest education reform as “putting the cart before the horse”.
5. The violence that erupted recently in South Korea was by the rumor that the government was going to cut the subsidy to the farmer by as much as 50%.
6. Outraged by her husband’s affair with a young woman, Mrs. Li decided to for a divorce.
7. Most people are not to the corruptive nature of power once they are in a high position. Without checks and balances, it is easy for them to abuse their position for their own advantage.
8. It is that bird flu will spread easily in places where healthy and sick chickens are packed together and in places where hygienic measures are inadequate.
9. The Clean Hong Kong Campaign was as a great success many years ago.