1.    Money is said to be the ... [source/reason/cause/*root]  of all evil.

2.    He had to cancel his employees' weekend away because of ... [*stress/load/tension/pressure]  of work at the office.

3.    Van Gogh was depressed towards the end of his life, because although he had been quite successful, he never felt that he really ... [*made/reached/climbed/arrived]  it.

4.    When I was young, everyone in the family ... [were used to/used/*would/use]  gather together at home for Christmas.

5.    Thomas Mann's 'Dr Fuustus' is a long, complex ... [*yet/since/while/however]  rewarding novel to read.

6.    I won't ... [allow/*have/let/permit]  those children making a noise in my house!

7.    There were not enough lifeboats on Titanic because it was ... [argued/claimed/*believed/told]  to be unsinkable.

8.    On leaving prison, Joe decided to turn over a new ... [book/page/chapter/*leaf]  and to give up his old life of crime.

9.    Many of the jobs which have been created in this area can be directly ... [supported/dedicated/attracted/*attributed]  to tourism.

10.    She was ... [gravely/fully/highly/*bitterly]  disappointed when she learnt that she had not got the job.