Complete the text with suitable prepositions: —
The orphanage is high (a) _____ the Carolina mountains. The writer was there (b) _____ the autumn. She preferred peaceful environment to pen some troublesome writing. She wanted the mountain air to blow (c) _____ the malaria from too long a time (d) _____ the subtropics. She was homesick (e) _____ the flaming (f) _____ maples (g) _____ October and for many other things. She found them all living (h) _____ a cabin belonging (i) _____ the orphanage, half a mile (j) _____ orphanage farm.
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Explanation:
(a) in; (b) in; (c) out; (d) in; (e) for; (f) of; (g) in; (h) in; (i) to; (j) beyond.
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