In the text below some words are missing. Select appropriate words to fill the gaps.

Ideas, as well as people, can (1) ………………… center stage at the right time and the right place. If new (2) ……………………. are to have a wide-ranging effect, they had better occurred at the right time – usually when old theories are worn out or have reached a dead end. Then they make people think along new lines and in ways that may lead in (3) …………………… directions. These ideas needn’t be new in themselves. They can be older, half-forgotten ideas (4) …………………… back to life, or new combinations of familiar ones (5) …………………………. in a new light.

(1) brought (2) stop  (3) take (4) effect (5) given (6) ideas (7) unexpected (8) deliver

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