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For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
 

The Great Depression
 

The Wall Street collapse of September-October 1929 and the Great Depression (1) ... followed it were (2) ... the most important events of the twentieth century. They made the Second World War possible, though not inevitable, and by undermining confidence in the efficacy of the market and the capitalist system, they helped to explain (3) ... the absurdly inefficient and murderous system of Soviet communism survived for (4) ... long.
Indeed, it could be argued that the ultimate emotional and intellectual consequences of the Great Depression were not finally erased (5) ... the mind of humanity (6) ... the end of the 1980s, (7) ... the Soviet collectivist alternative (8) ... capitalism crumbled in hopeless ruin and the entire world accepted there was no substitute for the market. Granted the importance of these events , then, the failure of historians to explain either their magnitude or duration is one of the great mysteries of modern historiography.

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answer keys

 

1)    WHICH/THAT
RELATIVE PRONOUN WHICH/THAT
Used after a noun to show what thing or things you mean: 
Houses which/that overlook the lake cost more.

 
2)    AMONG/AMONGST
PREPOSITION  AMONG/AMONGST
Being included or happening in groups of things or people:
A British woman was among/amongst the survivors.

 
3)    WHY
ADVERB WHY
Used in questions to ask the reason for or purpose of something:
She has no idea why the desktop isn't working.

 
4)    SO/THAT
ADVERB SO/THAT
Used to show the size, amount or number of something:
There are only so/that many book in the library.

 
5)    FROM
VERB + PREPOSITION ERASE FROM
To remove something completely:
All doubts were suddenly erased from his mind..

 
6)    UNTIL/TILL
CONJUNCTION UNTIL/TILL
Up to the point in time or the event mentioned:
You're not going out until/till you've finished this.

 
7)    WHEN/THAT
CONJUNCTION WHEN/THAT
At or during the time that:
I loved history when I was at school.

 
8)    TO
NOUN + PREPOSITION ALTERNATIVE TO
Something you can choose to do or use instead of something else:
Is there a viable alternative to the present system?