Use of English (CPE C2)

For questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Ageism (1)

I used to 0) be an ordinary member of society running from meeting to meeting just like anybody (1) ............. But then some kind (2) ............ misguided friends laid (3) ............ a surprise birthday party when I was 70. (4) ............ then they had called me Old Indestructible, (5) ............ I was told, but overnight their behaviour towards me changed. Do you need a chair, dear? Would you like a cup of tea, love? (6) ............ cruel of all, whatever would I do with (7) ............ now that I was retired? My life as an ordinary citizen (8) ............ to an abrupt end

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Ageism (1)