Directions: Fill in the blanks in the passage below, with the word from among the options given for each blank labelled (1) to (7). Choose the word that fits in each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage.

The room was warm and clean, the curtains were drawn the two table lamps ____(1)____ and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, were two tall glasses, soda water, and whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket. Mary Maloney was ____(2)____ for her husband to come home from work. Now and again she would ____(3)_____ up at the clock, but without anxiety, merely to please herself with the thought that each minute gone by made it nearer the time when he would come. There was a slow smiling air about her and about everything she did. The drop of a head as she ____(4)____over her sewing was curiously tranquil. Her skin--for this was her sixth month with child--had ____(5)____ a wonderful translucent quality, the mouth was soft, and the eyes, with their new placid look, seemed larger and darker than ____(6)____. When the clock said ten minutes to five, she began to listen, and a few moments later, ____(7)____ as always, she heard the tires on the gravel outside, the car door slamming, the footsteps passing the window, the key turning in the lock. She laid aside her sewing, stood up, and went forward to kiss him as he came in.