Read the text below and fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
At sixteen, Henry Vincent was separated (1)________ his family as a result of the war. He wandered aimlessly from one country to another before finally settling down in Australia, (2) _______ he was trained as an electronics engineer. He established his own business but it called for so much work that marriage was (3)_________ of the question .
His retirement suddenly made him realize (4)__________ lonely he was and he decided to (5) ______ up a hobby. With his interest in electronics, amateur radio seemed a natural choice. He installed his own equipment and obtained a licence and his call sign, which is the set of letters and numbers used to identify oneself (6)___________ making radio contact with other radio amateurs all over the world.
Soon Henry had a great many contacts in far-off places. One in particular was a man in California with (7) ________ he had much in common. One night the man in California happened to mention the village in Europe he had come from. Suddenly, Henry realised that this man was, in fact, his younger brother, Peter. At first, the two brothers were at a (8) __________ for words but then little by little they filled in the details of (9)____________ past lives and not long afterwards Henry Vincent flew to California to (10) ________ reunited with his brother.