Fortunately, with the help of some local villagers, rescuers were able to gain ________ to the disaster-hit area soon enough.

The doctor is skilled at treating heart trouble and never accepts any gift from his patients, so he has a very good _______. 

There were so many cars held up by the heavy rain on the road that we had no        but to wait.

There is a growing_____of interest between her position and her business activities.

—It’s really a surprise th at the manager should have no idea about the plan.—Of course he doesn’t, for the plan was made in his          .