填空题

Mr. Bascomb was upset. At times like this he wished he had never
become a candidate for mayor. Everything had gone wrongly that morning. (1) ______
Even though before leaving the house, he had received a telephone call from (2) ______
his election campaign manager asking money. This made him angry and he (3) ______
left the house in bad mood. When Mr. Bascomb arrived at the office, he could (4) ______
feel his head swinging. He reached out the medicine but the bottle was (5) ______
empty. He had forgotten picking up some medicine at the drug store. Mr. (6) ______
Bascomb looked at his watch. He Was to deliver a campaign speech before a
group of businessmen at the club at 11 o’clock. He had given a rough draft of
his speech to Barbara a day before and asked her to type it out for him. Just (7) ______
then, the telephone rang. It was Barbara. She explained that her car had
broken up and she couldn’t be at work until 12 o’ clock. Mr. Bascomb was (8) ______
desperate. He didn’t know how to do. He was very nervous when he arrived (9) ______
at the club. He couldn’t remember anything he had planned to say to his
audience. He started talking about himself and his problems regardless of (10) ______
talking about the problems of the city. Most of the people in the audience
were bored. By the time Mr. Bascomb finished his speech, almost everyone
had fallen into sleep or left the room.