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<exercise subhead="dragdrop"><media type="none"/><head><title>Prepositions exercises</title><task>Use the arrow to choose the best word or  phrase for each space.</task></head><body>
<item desc="1"><text>You have to trust </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>between</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>through</choice></choice_g><text> the competence of others.</text></item>
<item desc="2"><text>Her eyes glinted </text><choice_g><choice>around</choice><choice>as</choice><choice>through</choice><choice correct="y">with</choice></choice_g><text> amusement.</text></item>
<item desc="3"><text>The fugitive had spent five weeks </text><choice_g><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>on</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> hiding.</text></item>
<item desc="4"><text>The unrest has roots </text><choice_g><choice>by</choice><choice correct="y">in</choice><choice>into</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> religious differences.</text></item>
<item desc="5"><text>He served </text><choice_g><choice>across</choice><choice>among</choice><choice correct="y">under</choice><choice>with</choice></choice_g><text> President Reagan in the 1980s.</text></item>
<item desc="6"><text>They struggled </text><choice_g><choice>about</choice><choice>across</choice><choice>at</choice><choice correct="y">up</choice></choice_g><text> the hill.</text></item>
<item desc="7"><text>Her voice fell </text><choice_g><choice>against</choice><choice>around</choice><choice>onto</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> a whisper.</text></item>
<item desc="8"><text>He took us on an excursion </text><choice_g><choice>as</choice><choice>for</choice><choice>over</choice><choice correct="y">to</choice></choice_g><text> the ruined city.</text></item>
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