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In terms of technical difficulty, Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth (193)_____ peak, competes with K2. The first (194)_____ to the summit follows a narrow ridge. The 15,000-foot Rupal Face, a single wall of rock and ice, is located on the mountain's southern side. Climbers have dubbed the Nanga Parbat, which (195)______ as ‘naked mountain’, ‘Killer Mountain’. This gives Annapurna a (196)______ of 32%, making it the most statistically dangerous of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks. It is an avalanche-prone area with some technical difficulty. Climbers’ misery is (197)_______ by insufficient local support, in addition to unpredictable weather and inaccessibility.

To forgive an injury is often (198)_______ to be a sign of weakness; it is really a sign of (199)_____ . It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of (200)______ but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who (201)___ an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged him, and puts the wrong-doer to shame. (202)___ may even turn a foe into a friend.

To forgive an injury is often (198)_______ to be a sign of weakness; it is really a sign of (199)_____ . It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of (200)______ but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who (201)___ an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged him, and puts the wrong-doer to shame. (202)___ may even turn a foe into a friend.

To forgive an injury is often (198)_______ to be a sign of weakness; it is really a sign of (199)_____ . It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of (200)______ but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who (201)___ an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged him, and puts the wrong-doer to shame. (202)___ may even turn a foe into a friend.

To forgive an injury is often (198)_______ to be a sign of weakness; it is really a sign of (199)_____ . It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of (200)______ but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who (201)___ an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged him, and puts the wrong-doer to shame. (202)___ may even turn a foe into a friend.

To forgive an injury is often (198)_______ to be a sign of weakness; it is really a sign of (199)_____ . It is easy to allow oneself to be carried away by resentment and hate into an act of (200)______ but it takes a strong character to restrain those natural passions. The man who (201)___ an injury proves himself to be the superior of the man who wronged him, and puts the wrong-doer to shame. (202)___ may even turn a foe into a friend.

There is a saying that coming events cast their shadows before. (203)________, it is not universally true. Something can happen within a second, and one may not (204)________ it. (205)________, some instances show that predictions based on certain signs have gone wrong. People generally say that natural calamities can be predicted by observing the animals. But what if animals are suffering from some disease and don’t show any signs before the event appears? They may fail to make peculiar sounds or actions about the events which are going to take place. (206)________, some unnatural calamities that are likely to appear may forecast their shadows by some bad omens. (207)________, we should not completely cancel out the possibilities that animals can sense certain unnatural happenings.

There is a saying that coming events cast their shadows before. (203)________, it is not universally true. Something can happen within a second, and one may not (204)________ it. (205)________, some instances show that predictions based on certain signs have gone wrong. People generally say that natural calamities can be predicted by observing the animals. But what if animals are suffering from some disease and don’t show any signs before the event appears? They may fail to make peculiar sounds or actions about the events which are going to take place. (206)________, some unnatural calamities that are likely to appear may forecast their shadows by some bad omens. (207)________, we should not completely cancel out the possibilities that animals can sense certain unnatural happenings.

There is a saying that coming events cast their shadows before. (203)________, it is not universally true. Something can happen within a second, and one may not (204)________ it. (205)________, some instances show that predictions based on certain signs have gone wrong. People generally say that natural calamities can be predicted by observing the animals. But what if animals are suffering from some disease and don’t show any signs before the event appears? They may fail to make peculiar sounds or actions about the events which are going to take place. (206)________, some unnatural calamities that are likely to appear may forecast their shadows by some bad omens. (207)________, we should not completely cancel out the possibilities that animals can sense certain unnatural happenings.

There is a saying that coming events cast their shadows before. (203)________, it is not universally true. Something can happen within a second, and one may not (204)________ it. (205)________, some instances show that predictions based on certain signs have gone wrong. People generally say that natural calamities can be predicted by observing the animals. But what if animals are suffering from some disease and don’t show any signs before the event appears? They may fail to make peculiar sounds or actions about the events which are going to take place. (206)________, some unnatural calamities that are likely to appear may forecast their shadows by some bad omens. (207)________, we should not completely cancel out the possibilities that animals can sense certain unnatural happenings.