Fill blank (ix).

Directions: Read the following passage with numbered blanks.

In July 2008, one of the most inspiring leaders of our times, will ____(i)____ his ninetieth birthday. Nelson Mandela retired from politics in 1999, but he has remained ____(ii)____ continuing his work through the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The foundation has launched an Aids awareness campaign, 46664, named ____(iii)____ Mandela’s prison number. He has also set up a scholarship programme whose ____(iv)____ was to promote leadership among young Africans.
During the 1990s, ____(v)____ I worked with Mr. Mandela on his autobiography ‘’Long Walk to Freedom’’, I _____(vi)_____ his leadership first hand. During his election campaign we were on board a plane discussing his book. Twenty minutes ____(vii)____ to landing the engine failed. Many began to panic. The only thing that _____(viii)____ them was looking at Mandela, who was reading his paper as if he was a passenger on a morning train to work. The plane landed safely and when we got into the car taking us to the hotel he _____(ix)____ to me, ‘’I was terrified on the plane !’’ As a leader he realised he was a model for others and this gave him the strength to ____(x)____ over his own fear.