Passage 6
Directions: Of the fifteen words given, choose ten words which best fill in the ten numbered blanks of the following passage. Each word can be used only once. Change the form where necessary.
argue         continue            draw               gently          power
prove         show          smoothly          tearing          tight
use            walk                what            whichever   within
The North Wind and the Sun were having an   1   one day over which of them was the more   2  . They realized that their talk wouldn't   3   anything, so they decided upon a contest.   4   could get the jacket off a man   5   up the road would be the victor. The North Wind tried first and blew a blast of cold air. The man's jacket was blown open with the gust of wind, but he grasped it with his hands and drew it __6__around him. Once again the North Wind sent a cold blast to the man, and once again the man bent forward into the wind and   __7__ his jacket tighter around him. This continued for quite some time, the North Wind __8__ at the jacket with extreme madness. But with every icy blast the man grew more determined to grasp his jacket. Finally, the North Wind submitted to the Sun. The Sun shone __9__on the man. After a few moments the man smoothly moved his coat and put it over his shoulder, and then continued happily on his way.
    The next time the urge to violence comes over you, remember the frustration of the North Wind. Try __10__ the Sun' s method, a little human warmth.

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