Ex. 6. Choose the required word(s) to complete each sentence

1. Some of the book pages had got stuck together and I could not [relate, separate, except, prepare] them.

2. They removed the picture from its wooden [approach, gear, pattern, frame] to restore it.

3. The Americans are [rotating, preparing, separating, taking part] to launch two new communication satellites.

4. The secretary [devised, punched, ensured, explored] holes in the papers and filed them away in a folder.

5. [Unexplored, precision, reliable, apparent] instruments are used to help pilots in controling their aircraft.

6. Most electronics companies have not done well this year, but ours is the [exception, forerunner, rotation, contribution] that proves the rule.

7. The system is [unexplored, capable, visible, separate] of running more than one program at the same time.

8. All attempts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict have now been [abandoned, turned, ensured, devised].

9. The [exception, equation, forerunner, pattern] of the modern word processor was developed in 1936. This automatic typewriter (called an autotypist) was [reliable, capable, invisible, except] of storing and reprinting simple form letters and paragraphs of longer documents.

10. Under the law, doctors cannot [refuse, ensure, prepare, abandon] patients access to their own medical records.