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A (2003)
……I was born in a small village in the country where everyone knew everyone else: that is, they knew everyone except a writer who ______[talked, kept, taught, paid] himself to himself.    Every morning he would walk down to the local shops to do his ________[washing, cooking, shopping, typing], and although he had to greet everyone he met, only two or three would ______[hear, like, return, hate] his greeting. Just occasionally, someone would ask him what he was doing, and every time his answer would be the same: “ I’m still writing the book.” …