there are 10 blanks, numbered 29 to 38, in the passage below. from the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for each blank. write its letter (a to q) in the blank. the letters (i) and (o) have been omitted to avoid confusion during marking. (10 marks)

each word can be used only once

(a) as
(b) but
(c) by
(d) for
(e) from
(f) not
(g) of
(h) on
(j) since
(k) through
(l) was
(m) were
(n) what
(p) where
(q) with

imagine having to walk barefoot in the scorching heat with nothing to protect your feet from the fiery concrete. shocking, isnt it? i am sia godika, a sixteen year-old ________ (29) the motto - donate a sole, save a soul!

when i was thirteen, an incident left a mark ________ (30) my heart that pushed me to act on my feelings ________ (31) compassion for others. there was a construction site near my house ________ (32) i noticed that the workers were working barefoot. their feet were extremely dirty and cracked and some were also wounded due to the dire working conditions. ________ (33) broke my heart was that many of them were children. the image of bleeding feet has been at the back of my mind ever ________ (34).

upon research, i found out that these people without shoes were ________ (35) only exposed to wounds but also countless diseases, allergies and infections caused ________ (36) overexposed feet. i was horrified that millions in my country had no foot cover while 350 million pairs of shoes ________ (37) being discarded annually. i knew i had to do something about it, so i founded sole warriors, with a mission to provide foot cover ________ (38) refurbished shoes. i started encouraging people to donate shoes and received a good response. at our first distribution drive, we helped 700 people and there has been no stopping since then.

Question

there are 10 blanks, numbered 29 to 38, in the passage below. from the list of words given, choose the most suitable word for each blank. write its letter (a to q) in the blank. the letters (i) and (o) have been omitted to avoid confusion during marking. (10 marks)

each word can be used only once

(a) as
(b) but
(c) by
(d) for
(e) from
(f) not
(g) of
(h) on
(j) since
(k) through
(l) was
(m) were
(n) what
(p) where
(q) with

imagine having to walk barefoot in the scorching heat with nothing to protect your feet from the fiery concrete. shocking, isnt it? i am sia godika, a sixteen year-old ________ (29) the motto - donate a sole, save a soul!

when i was thirteen, an incident left a mark ________ (30) my heart that pushed me to act on my feelings ________ (31) compassion for others. there was a construction site near my house ________ (32) i noticed that the workers were working barefoot. their feet were extremely dirty and cracked and some were also wounded due to the dire working conditions. ________ (33) broke my heart was that many of them were children. the image of bleeding feet has been at the back of my mind ever ________ (34).

upon research, i found out that these people without shoes were ________ (35) only exposed to wounds but also countless diseases, allergies and infections caused ________ (36) overexposed feet. i was horrified that millions in my country had no foot cover while 350 million pairs of shoes ________ (37) being discarded annually. i knew i had to do something about it, so i founded sole warriors, with a mission to provide foot cover ________ (38) refurbished shoes. i started encouraging people to donate shoes and received a good response. at our first distribution drive, we helped 700 people and there has been no stopping since then.

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30	(H) on
31	(G) of
32	(P) where
33	(N) what
34	(J) since
35	(F) not
36	(C) by
37	(M) were
38	(K) through