Q 1.In 1803, the United States bought a vast region in North America from France. More than 800,000 square miles in area, the land comprised the territory of 15 of the present-day American states. If not for the purchase, the fledgling nation ________ one of the largest nations in the world.
Q 2.Graham Greene was a prominent English writer whose books put unemotional British characters in extreme situations and exotic locations. Many of his two dozen novels explore the conflict between faith and desire and the uneasy intersection of politics and morality. Many believe that if not for his personal politics, he ________ the Nobel Prize for literature.
Q 3.Mr. Clinton had been relying on charity organizations for his daily sustenance and living expenses before he passed away. His friends regret the fact that he _______ a better life if he had not spent all his money on stocks.