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5,000 Bank Robbery in the City

There was a bank robbery in central London yesterday. Just before closing time yesterday, a man (1) the Bucher Street Branch of the National Westminster Bank. He was carrying a shotgun, and wearing a stocking mask over his head. There were only a few customers in the bank at the time. He {2} on the floor, and forced the manager to put the money in a sack. (3) he was leaving, the security guard tried to ring the alarm. The robber shot him and the guard is now in St. Patrick’s Hospital. Surgeons are trying to save (4). (5) the police arrested a man in South London. He is now trying to prove his alibi.

#1.1) entered in; 2) entered; 3) left; 4) was entering.

#2. 1) made them to lie; 2) made them lying: 3) made lie to them; 4) made them lie.

#3. 1) as; 2) as soon as; 3) after; 4) before.

#4. 1) him alive; 2) his death; 3) his life; 4) his from death.

#5. 1) last at night; 2) late night; 3) lastly night; 4) last night.


What’s a Bruegel?

Many stolen paintings have a strange history. But one of the strangest was (1) of a painting by the famous sixteenth century painter Bruegel, stolen from the Courtauld Institute in London in the eighties. The four thieves who had stolen the painting, didn’t know how much it cost. The first art expert who came to see the painting said it was (2) and couldn’t name the exact price. The gang telephoned another art expert who told them that the painting was worth ? 2-3 million. They then tried to sell the painting (3) to the gallery from which it had been stolen. The gallery contacted the police and meeting was arranged. The gang asked for the money to be brought in two suitcases in unmarked banknotes. (4), the meeting didn’t take place. A short time (5) the four were arrested. The police found the painting on top of a wardrobe. When the gang were told they were arrested in connection with Bruegel, one of them said, “What’s a Bruegel? I thought it was rubbish.”

#1. 1) this; 2) that; 3) those; 4) the.

#2. 1) priceless; 2) colourless; 3 hopeless; 4) useless.

#3.1) against; 2) round; 3) back; 4) around.

#4. 1) so; 2) while; 3) sure; 4) however.

#5. 1) latter; 2) late; 3) before; 4) later.


Mr. Reilly?

“Mr. Reilly? This is Colonel Montgomery of Scotland Yard. F’m afraid I have bad news for you. Your brother-in-law has just been murdered.” “Oh, my God,” said the voice on (1) end of the line. “I only saw Micky last night. I can’t believe this is true. Are you sure it’s him?” “The (2) is positive, Mr. Reilly. I would like to come straight over and talk to you about who would have a motive for killing him.” An hour later, Colonel Montgomery was seated in Reilly’s flat. “It’s no secret that Micky had enemies,” said Reilly. His business partner, Harold Smith, once (3) him of stealing money from their business. They had some violent arguments. Then there’s my sister’s husband, Charles Johnes, who thought Micky had (4) with his wife. Charles, I am embarrassed to say, is associated with the underworld. Another person who could have killed Micky is my wife’s brother Billy… There was no need to continue. From what Mr. Reilly said everything was obvious. He gave himself (5) when he mentioned the name of his murdered brother-in-law: he had at least three brothers-in-law.

#1.1) another; 2) the other; 3) other; 4) an other.

#2. 1) identification; 2) confirmation; 3) interrogation; 4) location.

#3. 1) deceived; 2) proved; 3) accused; 4) thought.

#4. 1) love; 2) affair; 3) heavens; 4) peace.

#5. 1) off; 2) from; 3) back; 4) away.


One Evening…

One evening late 1941, Colonel Montgomery of Scotland Yard, (1) himself standing before the members of the London Mystery Club, a group that enjoyed discussing mystery novels. “Recently a stranger arrived in London from South Africa,” the colonel said. “Our sources have informed us that this man is probably a Nazi agent. We believe that he is (2) of a great deal of wealth with which to finance espionage in Britain. “A few hours after he stepped (3) the boat we arranged a car accident that sent him to hospital with a fractured arm. Our staff searched his clothes and luggage, which consisted of only a briefcase with letters from his friends in British Guiana. We considered a number of possible ploys but discovered nothing and still don’t know how he might be concealing something (4) a hundred thousand pounds.” The members turned to one another and whispered for a few moments. Then the president turned and said, “Colonel, we think you have overlooked a rather obvious possibility: the letters from South Africa had rare stamps (5) thousands of pounds each.” #1.1) founded; 2) saw; 3) found; 4) was.

#2. 1) a courier; 2) a career; 3) a carriage; 4) a carry-cot.

#3. 1) of; 2) off; 3) by; 4) into.

#4. 1) as; 2) else; 3) as if; 4) like.

#5.1) worth; 2) worse; 3) with the value; 4) yaluable.


Who Was the Thief?

Mick, the (1) investigator, was wondering who could steal computer designs. It might have been John Howard. He had recently (2) the designs for a lot of money. He could have stolen them himself in order to collect the money. So, Mick started to look around the office. First, he noticed that the glass from the broken window was outside the office. So the thief must have broken the window from inside the room. He wanted to make it look someone had broken (3). Also, the safe hadn’t been forced open, so the thief must have known the combination. A number of the envelopes in the safe had been opened, although only the designs had been stolen. So, there couldn’t have been John Howard or Gerald Wilson because they both knew which envelope the designs were in. And that (4) only one thing: Mr. Howard’s secretary, Linda Perkins, must have stolen the designs. She had the key to the office and knew the combination, but didn’t know about the exact envelope. It took only a few minutes to get a full (5) from Linda.

#1. 1) privileged; 2) private; 3) previous; 4) proposed.

#2. 1) assured; 2) mentioned; 3) adjusted; 4) insured.

#3. 1) in; 2) to; 3) away; 4) out of it.

#4. 1) proved to; 2) seemed; 3) associated; 4) meant.

#5. 1) consideration; 2) confession; 3) contribution; 4) cooperation.


The Least Well-Planned Robbery

Three thieves at Billericay in Essex gave hours of (1) in 1971 to raiding the Post Office in Mountnessing Road. Among the details which they discovered were the times at which there was (2) cash and least security guard on the premises. They also invested in masks, guns and a get-away car. At a (3) time, the Mountnessing gang sped through Billericay and screeched to a halt outside the post office. It was only (4) they jumped out of the car and ran towards the building that they discovered the one detail which they had omitted to check. The Post Office had been (5) for twelve years.

#1. 1) thought; 2) thinks; 3) ideals; 4) plot.

#2. 1) least; 2) larger; 3 bigger; 4) most.

#3. 1) pre-ordered; 2) pre-arranged; 3) post-arranged; 4) predictable.

#4. 1) before; 2) while; 3) after; 4) as soon as.

#5.1) stolen; 2) open; 3) closed; 4) robbed.

he Worst Bank Robbers

In August 1975 three men were on their (1) in to rob the Royal Bank of Scotland at Rothesay, when they got stuck in the revolving doors. They had to be helped free by the staff and, after thanking everyone, sheepishly left the building. A few minutes later they returned and announced their intention of robbing the bank, but (2) staff believed them. When, at first, they demanded ? 5000, the head cashier laughed at them, convinced that it was a (3) joke. Disheartened by this, the gang leader reduced his demand first to ? 500, then to ? 50 and ultimately to 50 pence. By this stage the cashier could barely control herself for (4). Then one of the men jumped over the counter and fell awkwardly on the floor. The other two made their get-away, but got trapped in the revolving doors for a second time desperately pushing the (5) way.

#1.1) road; 2) plans; 3) way; 4) plain.

#2. 1) no; 2) none of the; 3) nobody of; 4) the.

#3. 1) practical; 2) theoretical; 3) humorous; 4) real.

#4. 1) reaction; 2) check; 3) money; 4) laughter.

#5. 1) right; 2) left; 3) straight; 4) wrong.


The Crimes That Were Easiest to Detect

The (1) crimes were detected almost immediately after they had been committed. In 1972 Mr.J.Egan from London stole a ?2} on the river Thames and was very soon caught. There was a dock strike on and his was the only craft moving that day. Mr. J. Ealey committed a burglary in Detroit in 1968 and left his dog at the scene {3} the crime. The police soon arrived and shouted “Home, boy!”. They then followed the dog back to the ?4} house. And arrived only seconds after he did. In May 1976 Vernon Drinkwater and Raymond Heap of Blackburn were accused of stealing a car (5) trying to sell it to its original owner.

#1.1) following; 2) next; 3) last; 4) cruel.

#2. 1) canal; 2) barge; 3) trailer; 4) truck.

#3.1) past; 2) before; 3) off; 4) of.

#4. 1) detectives; 2) police; 3) burglar’s; 4) criminal.

#5. 1) in spite of; 2) instead of; 3). while; 4) as soon as.


The (1) Successful Mugger

87-year-old Lady Tucker was walking down New York’s East 66th Street. She looked like an easy prey - small, grey-haired and expensively dressed. Ramos came up on his bicycle and grabbed her handbag. Lady Tucker hit him on the head with her umbrella, knocking him off his bicycle, and started screaming. The (2) mugger tried to get back into his bicycle and escape, but Lady Tucker (3) hitting him. A lorry driver, hearing her screams, came and joined in the fight. They (4) fighting, until a policeman arrived and took Ramos to prison. Lady Tucker (5) medical help, saying that she felt fine. But she allowed the policeman to escort her home.

#1.1) less; 2) least; 3) worse; 4) bad;

#2. 1) criminal; 2) prolific; 3) romantic; 4) unfortunate;

#3.1) kept; 2) stayed; 3) left; 4) advised;

#4. 1) were sorry; 2) started; 3) went on; 4) thought of;

#5. 1) declared; 2) detested; 3) insisted for; 4) refused.

Seeing a Ghost

The Cromwell Room at Chavenage Manor was known to be visited by ghosts: no one had dared to sleep in it ?1} 30 years. So when Nicholas F’arrell, a journalist, agreed to spend one night in the haunted room alone it was the deal he had made (21 - to escape would be to fail and break the deal. Nicholas was not alone in the room though, his dog Heathcliffe was with him. When soon after midnight he sat in waiting on the old bed the dog slept. Then he saw it, a headless (3). moving towards him. In a moment someone was on him, pressing the weight, breathing. Something cold and wet bent over the man. He tried to move his head (4) but could not, being paralysed. Nicholas woke up at dawn confronted by the head of Heathcliffe sitting on top of him and licking his face. He had survived. All he had (5) in the Cromwell Room was a troubled dream. But as he left the room, he made the sign of the cross, just in case.

#1.1) alone; 2) since; 3) for; 4) within.

#2. 1) with himself; 2) with no one; 3) with him; 4) for nothing.

#3.1) monument; 2) Cromwell; 3) Chavenage; 4) figure.

#4. 1) away; 2) from; 3) towards; 4) outside.

#5.1) tried; 2) experimented; 3) tested; 4) experienced.

It Was the Ghost of a Man…

It was the ghost of a man who (1) in the room at the top of the house because he had a terrible illness - he was a leper. Anyway, the people of the town made the man (2) in the little room. They kept him there and they didn’t let him see his wife or children. He had to stay there for four years. He got worse, and knocked and knocked on the door to make somebody hear htm. (3), they let him leave the room. They told him they (4) him to go to see his family again. But when he got into the street he didn’t see his family. He saw all the town’s people with stones in their hands. They stoned the poor man (5) death. No wonder his ghost was unhappy.

#1. 1) locked; 2) was locked; 3) locks; 4) had locked.

#2. 1) to live; 2) lives; 3) lived; 4) live.

#3. 1) at last; 2) last; 3) in last; 4) at least.

#4. 1) will allow ; 2) allow; 3) would allow; 4) will be allowed.

#5. 1) after; 2) into; 3) up; 4) to.

Mrs. Richards As a Ghost…

After her husband (1) to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was (2) excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she was going to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to (3) it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mn,. Richards went downstairs to find out (4) the costume would be comfortable to wear. Suddenly Mrs. Richards heard a knock on the front door. She thought іt (5) be the baker. She asked him to come in, and not wanting to frighten the man, hid in the storeroom. First she heard the front door open. Then there were footsteps in the hall and then… The man entered, and before Mrs. Richards could explain anything, he let out a cry and jumped back several paces.

#1. 1) has gone; 2) gone; 3) was going; 4) had gone.

#2. 1) also; 2) too; 3) very; 4) even.

#3.1) switch; 2) try; 3) get; 4) give.

#4. 1) weather; 2) whether; 3) that; 4) what.

#5.1) might; 2) can; 3) ought to; 4) should.


Crashland in a Field

All 129 passengers and crew survived yesterday, when a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crash -landed in a field after both engines failed two minutes after the flight from Stockholm had begun. Nearly all those (1) the airliner, which was bound for Warsaw via Copenhagen, walked from the wreck. Seven were seriously injured, and nine slightly hurt. The aircraft hit trees before crashing and breaking into three pieces without (2) fire. The wings were torn off. Airline officials said the pilot, Captain Stefan Rasmussen, had had (3) one minute to find a place to land. Captain Rasmussen, 44, who appeared (4) a news conference wearing a medical collar, said, “There is perhaps only one flight captain in a million who gets to show what he can do in such a situation. I am satisfied with the results.” He (5), “I am grateful to my crew and the whole organization which enabled me to succeed.”

# 1. 1) abroad; 2) on the board of; 3) broad; 4) aboard.

#2.1) catching; 2) murdering; 3) rising; 4) driving.

#3.1) while; 2) only; 3) additionally; 4) occasionally.

#4. 1) while; 2) into; 3) at; 4) to.

#5. 1) supposed; 2) talked; 3) added; 4) expressed.


The Train Not Stopping at Platform One

British Rail passengers from London to Oxford had (1) tour via Swindow after train driver forgot to stop at Didcot. People getting ready to change for a connecting train to Oxford on Saturday evening heard the guard (2) Didcot on the train intercom, but only saw the station flash (3). The 30 Oxford-bound passengers reached journey’s end 45 minutes late, after getting a train back from Swindon to Didcot to catch (4) local train home. The passengers were offered (5) explanation or apology for what happened. A British Railspokeman said that the driver had simply forgotten to stop at Didcot. “It’s an error which is regretted”, he said.

#1. 1) a scheduled; 2) an unscheduled; 3) proposed; 4) the long awaited.

#2. 1) declare; 2) announce; 3) claim; 4) exclaim.

#3. 1) past them; 2) behind it; 3) past it; 4) passed to.

#4. 1) various; 2) the other; 3) differently; 4) another.

#5.1) rudely; 2) nothing; 3 ) no; 4) any.

pril Fools’ Joke

A few years ago (1) was a very unclear photograph of a man on the front page of “The Guardian” newspaper. The article said that it was the first picture ever taken and that it was (2) seventy or more years older than any other photo in the world. Somebody in Japan discovered it hidden in a cave where it had been untouched for over centuries. Apparently an unknown Japanese scientist ha.d invented special technique for making photographic negatives before anybody in Europe. A special exhibition was arranged just for one day for the public to view it in London. The reason for short viewing was because the negative was so old and (3) in the light for very long. When people went there, there was nothing to see. The article had been written (4) of April, which is April Fools’ Day, the day when people play (5) their friends.

#1. 1) it; 2) there; 3) their; 4)-

#2. 1) at least; 2) at the least; 3) at last; 4) last.

#3. 1) could be; 2) could not be; 3) could; 4) be.

#4. 1) in the first; 2) since the first; 3) at the first; 4) on the first.

#5.1) in jokes; 2) jokes on; 3) with jokes about; 4) jokes in.


Smuggling Trucks

Sam Levis was a customs officer. He worked in a small border town. It wasn’t a busy town and there wasn’t much work. The road was usually very quiet and ?1} many travellers. It wasn’t a very interesting job, but Sam liked an easy life. About once (2). he used to meet an old man. His name was Draper. He always arrived (3) the border in a big truck. The truck was always empty. Sam searched the truck but never (4) anything. Once he asked Draper about his job. Draper laughed and said, “I’m a smuggler.” (5) year Sam retired and went on holiday to Bermuda where one day in a luxury hotel he met Draper. He asked Draper what he had smuggled. The answer was… “Trucks!”

#1.1) there wasn’t; 2) were; 3) there weren’t; 4) was.

#2. 1) in a week; 2) a week; 3) in week; 4) on a week.

#3.1) at; 2) to; 3) on; 4) towards.

#4. 1) founded; 2) find; 3) didn’t find; 4) found.

#5. 1) latest; 2) in last; 3) lastly; 4) last.

Beatrice and the Nightingale

One warm night in 1924, the cellist Beatrice Harrison went out to play her cello in the woods behind her cottage. To her surprise, she heard a bird echoing her playing. The sound was incredibly beautiful, and she knew it could only be a nightingale. The next night and nearly every night after that, the nightingale was the-re again. Beatrice (1) believe what was happening: she was playing duets with (2). Beatrice persuaded the BBC to set up their microphones in her garden. With technology of the time, this was (3). But the sound engineers made careful preparation, and everything was ready. For a long time it seemed as if the nightingale (4). Beatrice played for two hours with no reaction. But suddenly, to everybody’s (5), the wonderful notes began to fill the night… The record of the duet of Beatrice and the Nightingale became one of the most successful records sold in the 1930s.

#1.1) couldn’t hardly; 2) could easy; 3) could hardly; 4) tried hard to

#2. 1) so wild bird; 2) a wild bird; 3) such a wild bird; 4) a bird wildly

#3. 1) no easy task; 2) not easy task; 3) easy task; 4) an easy task

#4. 1) was going to come; 2) was not going to come; 3) was not going; 4) went

#5. 1) success; 2) trial; 3) fame; 4) relief.


What Happened While the Train Was in the Tunnel?

In the compartment of a train travelling through the countryside, there were four people - a young girl, an old lady, an army officer and a young cockney. Suddenly the train went into a tunnel: for half a minute (1) was in complete darkness, and in the darkness came the sound of a large kiss (2) almost immediately by a loud slap. When the train emerged and it was light again, everybody saw the officer with a bleeding nose and a swollen eye. The old lady thought that the young girl hit the officer (3) stealing a kiss. The young girl thought it was strange that the officer kissed the old lady and not her. The poor officer thought that the cockney kissed the girl and the girl hit him. And the cockney laughed silently at the trick he (4). “I’m a clever chap,” he thought (5). “I kissed the back of my hand, hit the officer in the face and nobody said the word.”

#1. 1) the trolley; 2) the truck; 3) the carriage; 4) the locomotive.

#2. 1) preceded; 2) following; 3) preceding; 4) followed.

#3. 1) because; 2) in spite of; 3) for; 4) to.

#4. 1) had smiled; 2) was playing; 3) got; 4) had played.

#5.1) oneself; 2) to himself; 3) got; 4) to him.


Happy (1) For the Kidnapped Girl

Mr. and Mrs. Peters were especially happy when they celebrated their daughter Marian’s first birthday at a restaurant at the Strand yesterday. Marian was kidnapped last July by Alice McBurg, 31, who had been (2} to take care of her as a child-minder. Mrs. Peters had left Marian with McBurg on the first day of her return to work at a bank in London. Marian was taken to McBurg’s home in Wales, (3) police found her, unharmed, three days later. Mrs. Peters said yesterday, “At the (4) times in those three days it seemed we would never see her again.” She also said she had no thought now of going back to work. She just couldn’t leave Marian with anybody else. She loved looking (5) her.

#1. 1) review; 2) Renaissance; 3) returns; 4) recall.

#2. 1) given; 2) paid; 3) tried; 4) stolen.

#3. 1) where; 2) as soon as; 3) until; 4) consequently.

#4. 1) first; 2) worst; 3) happiest; 4) tragedy.

#5.1) for; 2) on; 3) of; 4) after.

Casablanca, the Best Loved of All Motion Pictures

This is the summary of the film “Casablanca”, probably the best-love ! of all motion pictures. In 1941 Casablanca was the last stage for refugees hoping to escape from the Nazis via Lisbon to the United States, which had not yet ?1} World War II. Rick, an American adventurer, ran (2) and claimed to be neutral. In Paris, before the Nazi occupation, he was in love with Lisa, the widow (as she thought) of a resistance leader, but she left him (as he thought) when they were going to escape. (3), she received news that her husband was alive and reappeared with him in Casablanca. Rick, who was (4) in love with Lisa, helped her and her husband to go to the United States, which required the help of the corrupt prefect of the police. In the final scene at the airport, Rick shot Major Strasse, who came to prevent Lisa and her husband from (5) the plane. They left and the prefect of the police changed sides and went to the headquarters of the Free French with Rick, who decided to take part in the war.

#1. 1) taken; 2) joined to; 3) entered; 4) fought.

#2. 1) a cafe; 2) the war; 3) the battle; 4) a trick.

#3.1) final; 2) as a fact; 3) in final; 4) in fact.

#4. 1) until; 2) still; 3) yet; 4) last.

#5.1) flying; 2) catching; 3) enjoying; 4) throwing.


Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic Explorer

The Antarctic Explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton, lost his ship in the ice in 1915, but led his men to (1) on Elephant Island. Then he decided to try to reach South Georgia, 800 miles away, in a small boat. He (2) on the uninhabited south-west coast of the island, and with two companions crossed the mountains to the whaling station of Stromness. When they set off (3) the whaling station, not more than a mile and a half distant, they were shivering with cold, yet with their hearts light and happy. Their beards were long, they were unwashed and the garments ?4) they had worn for nearly a year without a change were tattered and stained. More unpleasant-looking ruffians could hardly be imagined. But the difficulties of “he journey lay behind them. The 22 men left on Elephant Island were (5) eventually rescued.

#1. 1) luxury; 2) poverty; 3) treasure; 4) safety.

#2. 1) reached; 2) landed; 3) arrived; 4) swam.

#3. 1) towards; 2) back; 3) in the direction; 4) backwards.

#4. 1) what; 2) whole; 3) that; 4) while.

#5. 1) partially; 2) wholly; 3) all; 4) almost.


The Best Stone in the World

In 1769 George and Eleanor Coade bought a factory manufacturing (1) stone in south-east London. When soon after it George Coade died, he left his wife and daughter to carry on business. The product developed by the factory’s former owner, Richard Holt, was a kind of baked clay. The two women (2) with his recipe, and succeeded in creating a new kind of stone which was almost a hundred percent weatherproof. The advantage of Coade Stone is that (3) natural stone slowly breaks •down and erodes away, Coade Stone seems to be able to survive in all weather conditions for many years. After the deaths of Eleonore Coade and her daughter the factory (4) for twenty years, but in 1840 it finally closed. (5) went the Coade Stone recipe which was lost, and has never been rediscovered.

#1. 1) natural; 2) abnormal; 3) artificial; 4) supernatural.

#2. 1) experimented; 2) made; 3) discovered; 4) completed.

#3.1) still; 2) just; 3) as; 4)while.

#4. 1) opened; 2) survived; 3) reduced; 4) appeared.

#5.1) With it; 2) Alone; 3) But; 4) Along.


The (1) Musical Trio

This happened about thirty years ago when George Enesco, the celebrated violinist, agreed to give lessons to the son of a Romanian gentleman though he didn’t have musical talent. Three years later the boy’s father insisted that the boy gave a public concert. Although Enesco feared the consequences, he arranged a recital in Paris. However, nobody bought a ticket since the soloist was unknown. “Then you must (2) him on the piano,” said the boy’s father, “and it will be a (3).” Enesco agreed reluctantly but before the concert he became nervous and (4) someone to turn the pages. In the audience was Alfred Cortot, the brilliant pianist, who (5) and made his way to the stage. Next morning the music critic of “Le Figaro” wrote about the recital: “The man whom we adore when he plays the violin played the piano. Another whom we adore when he plays the piano turned the pages. But the one who should have turned the pages, played the violin.”

#1.1) worse; 2) better; 3) worst; 4) best.

#2. 1) follow; 2) keep company; 3) play with; 4) accompany.

#3. 1) successful; 2) sellout; 3) pleasure; 4) fancy.

#4. 1) asked for; 2) asked about; 3) was asked for; 4) ordered.

#5. 1) raised; 2) stood; 3) trembled; 4) volunteered.


The (1} Successful Car

Ford produced the car of the decade in 1957 - the Edsel. Half of the models sold (2) spectacularly defective. If lucky, you could have got a car with any or all of the following (3) : doors that wouldn’t close, bonnets and boots that wouldn’t open, batteries went flat, brakes that failed and push buttons that couldn’t be pushed even with three of you trying. The Edsel, one of the biggest and most lavish cars ever built, coincided with a phase when people increasingly wanted economy cars. (4) Time magazine said, “It was a classic case of the wrong car for the wrong market at the wrong time.” Unpopular from the very beginning, the car’s popularity declined. One business writer at the time {5} the Edsel’s sales graph to an extremely dangerous skislope. He added that, so far as he knew, there was only one case of an Edsel ever being stolen.

#1. 1) last; 2) least; 3) best; 4) bad.

#2. 1) turned; 2) drove; 3) ran; 4) proved.

#3. 1) features; 2) creatures; 3) models; 4) codes.

#4. 1) After; 2) Or; 3) As; 4) Since then.

#5. 1) likened; 2) liked; 3) disliked; 4) graphed.

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The Four-Minute Mile

It is the nature of athletic records that they are broken and their place is taken by others. (1) in many sports events, there is a mark which is not significant in itself, but which becomes a legend as athletes try to break it. The most famous of these is the attempt to run the mile (2) four minutes. In 1945, the mile record was brought down to 4 minutes, 5 seconds. And there, for nine years, it stuck. Then, in 1954, a medical student Roger bannister decided to try and (3) the record. He had been training for this day (4) running the mile in 4 minutes, 2 seconds the previous year. He wrote afterwards: “Those last few seconds seemed never-ending. I could see the line of the finishing tape. I jumped like a man making a desperate attempt to save himself from danger…” Bannister’s time was 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. Although this record has been broken on many occasions since, Bannister’s (5) will never be forgotten.

#1.1) And; 2) Though; 3) Although; 4) Yet.

#2. 1) as short as; 2) in less than; 3) less as; 4) for more than.

#3. 1) set; 2) run; 3) break; 4) hit.

#4.1.) since; 2) for; 3) in spite; 4) as soon as.

#5. 1) achievement; 2) failure; 3) advantage; 4) experiment.


From the History of Tennis

Four thousand years ago, an Egyptian sculptor carved a picture on the v all of two women hitting a ball back and forth from hand ?1} hand. Is this the ancestor of tennis? Tennis was (2) to Norway from Greece in 500 A.D. It became so popular between the twelfth and fourteenth century that every town in France had its own (3). But this was a very different game from the one we see at Wimbledon today. At first the game was played bare-handed with a leather ball filled with dog’s hair. (4) rougher materials like sand and chalk were used but these caused injures to the players’ hands. This led to the use of protective gloves (5) got bigger and bigger as time went on until it was necessary to cut out the centres and replace them with tight ropes. Gradually those gloves evolved into rackets.

#1. 1) in ; 2) under; 3) out; 4) to.

#2. 1) sent; 2) caught; 3) known; 4) brought.

#3. 1) center; 2) hall; 3) courtroom; 4) court.

#4. 1) Later; 2) Late; 3) Lately; 4) Latter.

#5. 1) it; 2) which; 3) this; 4) what.


From the History of Golf

No (1) really knows where the game of golf was first played. (2) played a game with wooden sticks an a leather ball filled with feathers, but the details a -e not (3). In the fifteenth century, golf first appeared in the written history of Scotland. In 1457 the Scottish parliament was displeased with the number of people playing golf instead of training for the army and the game was banned. 1503 even the King had started playing golf again. Mary, the Queen of Scots, is thought to have been the first woman-(5). People say she played a few rounds of golf just after her husband was murdered.

#1. 1) body; 2) some; 3) thing; 4) one.

#2. 1) Rome; 2) The Romans; 3) Roman; 4) The Roman.

#3. 1) known; 2) covered; 3) opened; 4) solved.

#4. 1) So; 2) Hence; 3) That’s why; 4) However.

#5. 1) golf; 2) game; 3) golfer; 4) play.


From the History of Football

Football is a very old sport, but it was no laughing matter in the early days. Two villages (1) to kick a ball made from a pig’s intestine to a goal. The goals were things like trees or buildings and could be (2) five miles apart. The game, which was sometimes extremely violent, could (3) from sunrise to sunset. A more controlled form of the game began to be played in England s public schools in the early nineteenth century. Each school played a different ?4} of the game and the rules varied widely. In 1863 a Football Association was established and the members met to decide on the rules. It took five meetings before they could all (5).

#1.1) laughed; 2) battled; 3) mattered; 4) had.

#2. 1) like; 2) as much; 3) much as; 4) as much as.

#3. 1) go on; 2) make for; 3) do with; 4) give up.

#4. 1) version; 2) fashion; 3) copy; 4) issue.

#5.1) meet; 2) disagree; 3) argue; 4) agree.


From the History of Windsurfing

From the deep blue waters of Waikiki Beach (1) the cold grey Atlantic of Cornwal, the surfers have a strange bond with the sea. They are part of a tradition that goes back to the people of the Pacific islands, (2) prayed to the gods for the best waves. From the beginning of the sixteenth century Hawaiian legends and songs (3) surfing as an obsession making surfers forget everything, including work and family. In 1911 America (4) surfing. The journalist and novelist Jack London wrote about surfing in his book “The Shark Hunt”. Soon the craze swept through California and beyond, the surfing has never looked back. Generations of surfers now think of Hawaii (5) the Mecca for their sport.

#1.1) till; 2) under; 3) to; 4) in front.

#2. 1) that; 2) those; 3) whom; 4) who.

#3.1) sing; 2) describe; 3) listen to; 4) tell.

#4. 1) opened; 2) invented; 3) discovered; 4) made.

#5. 1) like; 2) as; 3) so; 4) than.


The Eight O’Clock News (1)

Good evening, and here is the Eight O’Clock News. Jumbo, the Indian elephant which (1) from London zoo this afternoon, las been caught. Jumbo was chased across Regent’s Park, and was finally :-aptured at (2) stall in Regent’s Park Road. A tranquillizer gun was used, and :umbo was loaded onto (3) and was taken back to the zoo. At the zoo, he (4) the zoo veterinary surgeon. Fortunately (5} had been done, and Jumbo will be returned to the elephant house later tonight. Viewers will be able to see the highlights of the chase after the news. And lastly, sport…

#1.1) hid; 2) stole; 3) escaped; 4) robbed.

#2. 1) a hot dog; 2) the dog; 3) the warm dog; 4) the wild cat.

#3. 1) a tram-car; 2) the zoo; 3) the shop; 4) a truck.

#4. 1) examined; 2) shot; 3) was questioned; 4) was examined by.

#5.1) some damage; 2) no damage; 3) damages; 4) lots of damage.

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