A. Read the passage and use only one suitable word to fill in each gap: In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting for news. Two of fishing-boats had been caught in the storm which had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbor people stood by their doors (1).............. worried to talk. The rest of the fishing fleet had (2)............ the harbor before dark, and the men from these ships waited and watched with the wives and families of the missing men. Some had (3)............ thick blankets and some flasks of hot drinks, knowing that the men (4)............ be cold and tired. When dawn began to break over in the east, a small point of light was (5)........... in the darkness of the water and a few minutes later, (6).......... was a shout. (7)................ long, the two boats were turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of the harbor. The men (8)............ helped out of their boats, and (9)............. they were stiff (10)............... cold and tiredness, they were all safe.