didn't turn ...(36)..., the desperate bar owner

Mathematics.........my most difficult subject so far this year.

I .......there once a long time ago and.......back since.

Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following

passage.

If dancing isn't your thing, perhaps you ...(34)... singing? Everyone knows that karaoke comes from Japan, but it is not the Japanese for 'drunk and tone-deaf' as you might think. It actually means 'empty orchestra'. It all started in a small music ...(35)... in the city of Kobe. One night, when usual guitarist didn't turn ...(36)..., the desperate bar owner recorded some music and invited his ...(37)... to sing instead. The craze soon spread and special karaoke machines were invented.

The idea was that, however badly you sang everyone applauded at the end and it proved the perfect ... (38)...for stressful Japanese businessmen to relax. Today, you can find karaoke bars all over the world. It is so ...(39)... in China that restaurants normally have several karaoke machines going at the same time. As one karaoke fan ...(40)..., it's something everyone should try at least once in their life.

My mother reminded me to remember to water her house plants.

A: Should we wear our uniform at the meeting tomorrow?

~ B: No, it’s only a(n).........meeting.

We are a very close-knit family and very supportive........one another.