Directions : The following is a letter written to a newspaper asking for advice. Read the letter and choose the best answer for each blank.

Dear Abby :
     …….1….. how to handle the …..2…… problem of answering people who ask, “How tall are you?” I am 6’ 6” ……3…. nearly every day some stranger asks me how tall I am. Other questions ……4……. “How’s the weather up there?” are also a source of irritation …….5….. me.
     …….6…… asking a fat person. “How much do you weigh?” So what makes people think it’s OK to ask a tall person how tall he is?
     …….7……. in your column. You will be doing a lot of tall people a favor. ….8….
                                                                                                                  TALL MAN