1 . Complete each sentence with a proper word or phrase given in the box. Each word or phrase can be used only once. Note that there is one word or phrase that you do not need.

A. destination        B. site        C. former        D. basis        E. initiative        F. originally G. defend        H. contribution to        I. moment        J. admirable        K. features

1. Yesterday we visited Gettysburg, the _______ of a famous battle marking the turning point in the American Civil War.
2. Key _______   of the impressionistic painting style include bright colours and a focus on the changing qualities of light.
3. Mark Twain was an _______ figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln.
4. Our teacher at the university holds that the journey and the _______ are equally important in our reading.
5. Some videos have been banned on the _______ that they are too violent.
6. Now that you are able to take up arms and _______ your motherland, as your family, we are all proud of you.
7. One photo showed him at an award ceremony, where he had been honoured for his financial _______ a local baseball team.
8. In a new interview, She said she _______ turned down the job, but then she changed her mind.
9. Of the two speeches given by the candidates, the judges reached the agreement that the _______ was more persuasive.
10. The country is expected to put forward a fresh _______ on reducing the debts of the poorest countries early next year.