ЕГЭ: Грамматика и лексика (тест 3)

The American millionaire Howard Hughes once knew the world's most attractive movie stars. But for the last 15 years of his life he had almost no ... with the outside world.

Hughes effectively became a recluse and his ... life turned into misery as he became convinced that his health was at risk from everything and everybody around him.

Hughes became so terrified of illness that nobody else was permitted to touch his food, and no visitors were allowed to see him. He ... moved from hotel to hotel trying to hide from the world.

In Hughes' room the only item of furniture, apart from a bed and a chair, was a screen and some projection ... so that he could watch films.

For days Hughes would eat only ice cream, and when he died his weight had gone to only 40 kg because he ate so ... .

Despite his huge wealth, Hughes seems to have been a very unhappy man and ... very lonely as well.