1. Mathew Smith was a highly respected member of parliament with no .......... on his character.

2. At least that's what he thought until the press started trying to .......... up something about his past.

3. Apparently when he was still at school, he didn't have a ticket for his train journey one day and he was

4. This piece of information was discovered by one keen local reporter and was .......... up out of all proportion by the national press.

5. Headlines appeared maintaining that Mathew was a dishonest .......... thief.

6. Other papers asked the question: How can we trust our politicians if they .......... on society?

7. There was even talk that incidents like this one could .......... the Government.

8. The Prime Minister called Mathew in to talk to him and said he couldn't tolerate any .......... of scandal in his Party.

9. At last Mathew decided to speak .......... for himself and tell the truth.

10. The reporter had got it .......... wrong because he found his ticket and he wasn't 'fined', he was simply 'fine'.