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Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word. (10mks)

A rich vocabulary can only be acquired through wide reading, and can only be __________________ in the mind through _______________extensive reading. Dictionaries are useful upto a point. They give information where needed. ________________ the extract flavour of a word can only _________________ familiar with repeated encounters of ___________________ in different contexts. It is _______________remembering that we acquire _______________ all our active vocabulary without the help of a dictionary at all. _______________ in the acquisition of vocabulary, the course book and the dictionary are mere ___________ in a more natural process founded chiefly_______________leisure-time reading.

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1. retained
2. continued/sustained
3. But
4. become
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