TASK DEFINITION: You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.
PROBLEM: bordered with wild rose bushes it's no wonder matthew and marilla are both a little odd living away back here by themselves trees ____ much company though dear knows if they were there'd be enough of them i'd ruther look at people to be sure

SOLUTION: aren't

PROBLEM: debray was occupied in repelling the insinuations of ____ friend who tried to persuade him

SOLUTION: a

PROBLEM: the road part of which had been cut so deeply into the soft soil that the banks fringed ____ blooming wild cherry trees and slim white birches were several feet above their heads the child put out her hand and broke off a branch of wild plum that brushed against the side of the buggy

SOLUTION:
with