Part 3: Questions 76 – 85

Read the text and fill in one word which best fits each gap.

In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting anxiously for news. Two of their fishing-boats had (76) _{…………………………..}caught in the storm which had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbour people stood by their door, (77) _{…………………………..}worried to talk. The rest of the fishing fleet had reached the harbour before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of (76) _{…………………………..}missing men. Some had (76) _{…………………………..} thick blankets and some flasks to hot drinks, knowing that the men (76) _{…………………………..} be cold and tried. As dawn began to break over (76) _{…………………………..}the east, a small point if light was (76) _{…………………………..}in the darkness of the water and a (76) _{…………………………..} minutes later, (76) there was a shout. Before long, the two boats (76) _{…………………………..} turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbour. The men (76) _{…………………………..} helped out of their boats, and although they were stiff from cold and tiredness, they were all safe.