Complete the sentences with the words given in the boxes! There are 5 extra words!

Confessions of a horse

 _________ (1) I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side, and _________ (2) night I _________ (3) down close by her. When it was hot we _________ (4) to stand by the river _________ (5) the shade of the trees, and when it was cold we had a nice warm shed near the grove.

As _________ (6) as I was old _________ (7) to eat grass my mother used to go out to work in the daytime, and come back in the evening. There were six young colts in the meadow _________ (8) me; they were older _________ (9) I was; some were nearly _________ (10) large as grown-up horses.

I used to run with them, and had _________ (11) fun; we used to gallop all together round and round the field as hard as we could go. Sometimes we _________ (12) rather rough play, for they _________ (13) frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.

One day, when there was a good _________ (14) of kicking, my mother asked me to come to her, and then she said: "I wish you to _________ (15) attention to what I am going to say to you. The colts who live here are very good colts, but they are cart-horse colts, and of _________ (16) they have not learned manners. I _________ (17) you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick _________ (18) in play."

I _________ (19) never forgotten my mother's _________ (20); I knew she was a wise old horse, and our master thought a great deal of her. Her name was Duchess, but he often called her Pet.

 

a.        advice n. inb.        as o. layc.        at p. liedd.        besides r. paye.        course s. plentyf.         deal t. soong.        enough u. thanh.        even v. usedi.          give w. wellj.          great x. whilek.        had y. wishl.          have z. wouldm.      hope    

Everyone _________ (1) a place which he remembers most from his childhood, and _________ (2) do I. One of the places I remember from my childhood is a farm in the country _________ (3) my parents owned in Abruzzo, a region of Italy. I spent my summers in that place  _________ (4) I was a teenager, and only now am I  _________ (5) to appreciate the farm again.

It was lovely to  _________ (6) there. There were a  _________ (7) of animals—cows, sheep, hens, and naturally dogs and cats. My sister and I sometimes enjoyed helping the  _________ (8) women graze the sheep or make bread or cheese. I can  _________ (9) remember that  _________ (10) Thursdays we  _________ (11) the bread and on Tuesdays, the cheese. I love that farm _________ (12) it was there that I learned to love animals and not be scared  _________ (13) them. Sometimes we saw a sheep  _________ (14) birth  _________ (15) its baby, and we enjoyed  _________ (16) there to see how lovely the little lamb  _________ (17).

Now my sister and her son are  _________ (18) this place. My nephew is crazy about the place. I hope that he has such a good  _________ (19) there that when he is older, he will remember the place  _________ (20) I do.

 

a.        because n. onb.        beginning o. plentyc.        country p. sod.        did r. staye.        enjoying s. stayingf.         yet t. stillg.        give u. timeh.        has v. toi.          have w. unlessj.          like x. untilk.        lot y. wasl.          made z. whichm.      of    

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANTS

 

_________ (1) all insects, ants have six legs. _________ (2) leg has three joints. The legs of the ant are very strong so they  _________ (3) run very quickly. If a man could run as fast for his size  _________ (4) an ant can, he could run faster  _________ (5) a racehorse. Ants can lift 20  _________ (6) their own body weight.

The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days. Ants use their antennae not  _________ (7) for touch, but  _________ (8) for their  _________ (9) of smell. The head of the ant has a  _________ (10) of large, strong jaws. The jaws open and shut sideways like a pair of scissors. Adult ants cannot chew and swallow solid food. _________ (11) they swallow the juice  _________ (12) they squeeze from pieces of food. They throw away the dry part that is left  _________ (13). The ant has two eyes, each eye is made  _________ (14) many smaller eyes.

The Army Ant of South America, can have as  _________ (15) as 700,000 members in its colony. The Leaf Cutter Ants are farmers. They cut out pieces of leaves which they take back to their nests. They chew them into a pulp and a special fungus grows it. Ants cannot digest leaves because they cannot digest cellulose. Many people think ants  _________ (16) a pest but I like them. To stop them  _________ (17) into my kitchen I put some sugar  _________ (18). They have so  _________ (19) to eat that they are not interested  _________ (20) coming into my kitchen.

 

a.        also n. manyb.        are o. muchc.        as p. ofd.        can r. onlye.        coming s. outsidef.         couple t. overg.        each u. pairh.        for v. sensei.          from w. thanj.          in x. timesk.        instead y. whatl.          is z. whichm.      like    

My Childhood Village

 

The place  _________ (1) I spent my childhood, is a small village in Salamanca province. I lived there with my parents  _________ (2) I was fourteen  _________ (3) old. I remember  _________ (4) after school with my friends, _________ (5) were my neighbours. We  _________ (6) played in the main square, which was the place where everybody met. After playing more or  _________ (7) two hours, my sister and I always went home.

My sister, who is two years older than I am, _________ (8) care of me. We were very  _________ (9) friends and today we are  _________ (10) very close. When we arrived home, we had to  _________ (11) our homework, and after dinner we went to bed.

I liked my parents' house, _________ (12) was located in the main square. It had four floors, and my family always lived on the third floor. _________ (13) though the house was very big, my sister and I shared the same room. I loved to be with my sister in our room because it was where we talked about things and  _________ (14) our "secrets."

I especially remember the summer when my parents, who are from Asturias, came to visit us. They had two daughters, who were the same age  _________ (15) my sister and I. The four of  _________ (16) spent all our time together playing in the main square. _________ (17) the daytime, when the  _________ (18) was hot, we went to the swimming pool. Other days, we took a tour to the small villages which were near La Alberca.

I have good  _________ (19) of my childhood and the nice  _________ (20) I shared with my friends in my parents' village.

 

 

a.        as n. temperatureb.        close o. toc.        do p. thoughd.        gave r. timese.        however s. tookf.         in t. untilg.        less u. ush.        memories v. weatheri.          normally w. wherej.          ours x. whichk.        playing y. whol.          shared z. yearsm.      still  

Culture Shock

You  _________ (1) read about Romulus and Remus, _________ (2) culture shock came when they went back to the world of human  _________ (3) after being  _________ (4) by a wolf. Tarzan's culture shock came when he  _________ (5) that he was not a "white ape" but a man. Emily Carr preferred the culture of the First Nations people and the life she  _________ (6) on her explorations to the dresses and polite conversations of  _________ (7) own culture. You now know that First Nations culture did not  _________ (8) school or even business activity, people spent  _________ (9) of their time in nature or around the fire of their home talking, _________ (10) stories and making the things they needed to survive.

Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that humans pass  _________ (11) when they enter and live in a new culture. _________ (12) process, _________ (13) helps us to deal  _________ (14) culture shock, is the way our brain and our personality reacts  _________ (15) the strange new things we encounter when we move  _________ (16) one culture to  _________ (17). If our culture involves bowing when we greet someone, we may feel very uncomfortable in a culture that does not involve bowing. If the language we use when  _________ (18) to someone in our own culture is influenced by levels of formality  _________ (19) on the other person's age and status, it may be difficult  _________ (20) us to feel comfortable communicating with people in the new culture.

 

a.        an n. raisedb.        another o. rosec.        based p. talkd.        beings r. talkinge.        consist s. tellingf.         discovered t. thisg.        for u. throughh.        from v. toi.          have w. whichj.          her x. whomk.        include y. whosel.          led z. withm.      most  

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Abraham Lincoln  _________ (1) born in 1809 and  _________ (2) a lawyer in 1836. He then  _________ (3) to go into politics and joined the Republican Party in 1856 to start his fight  _________ (4) slavery.He was  _________ (5) popular, and his views were so  _________ (6) expressed, that he was  _________ (7) the Republican nominee for President in 1860.Lincoln  _________ (8) the Democratic Party and became the 16th president of the U.S. His election victory was not  _________ (9) many votes and it was clear  _________ (10) there  _________ (11) be trouble ahead  _________ (1) many people in the South did not like Lincoln. Civil War  _________ (12) out not  _________ (13) after he became President and, to begin  _________ (14), the North did not  _________ (15) very well in the war. Lincoln's  _________ (16) belief in democracy and his belief in General U.S. Grant helped win the war and enabled Lincoln to begin his reconstruction plan.Unfortunately he was killed before he could finish the work he  _________ (17) begun. Lincoln was  _________ (18) by the actor John Wilkes Booth in 1865. He was in the theatre  _________ (19) a play and the bullet from Booth's gun was fatal.A monument was  _________ (20) to Lincoln in 1917 in Washington, D.C. It was designed by Henry Bacon and contains a statue of Lincoln by Daniel Chester French.

 

a.        against n. longb.        became o. madec.        big p. opposited.        broke r. shoote.        building s. shotf.         built t. sog.        by u. thath.        decided v. wasi.          defeated w. watchingj.          do x. wellk.        great y. withl.          had z. wouldm.      has  

Kids More Spoiled Than Decade Ago

Eighty percent of Americans surveyed  _________ (1) children are more spoiled today than a decade ago, and two-thirds of parents say their youngsters are very or  _________ (2) spoiled, Time magazine said in a poll  _________ (3) on Sunday.Many people believe children are more influential within their families than a generation  _________ (4), with 48 percent saying children have too  _________ (5) of a role in everyday family decisions, the poll  _________ (6).

Thirty-five percent of parents said they were more permissive with their children than their parents  _________ (7) been with them, while 75 percent said children have  _________ (8) chores to do  _________ (9) children did 10 or 15 years ago, Time said.

_________ (10) the survey found  _________ (11) general, the family atmosphere is has not become  _________ (15) chillier in the past 10 years, it has also  _________ (16) clear that arguments  _________ (14) parents and their children most often deal with kids cleaning  _________ (15) their rooms, with 62 percent of adults reporting conflict  _________ (16) the issue.

The poll, conducted by Harris Interactive for Time and CNN, interviewed 1,015 American adults on July 17 and July 18.  Adults also expressed concern about the barrage of marketing aimed at children, _________ (17) 71 percent saying they were exposed  _________ (18) too much advertising about toys and games they could buy.

More than half of the parents, 55 percent, said fights among siblings caused arguments between them and their kids, and 48 percent said children staying up  _________ (19) was a  _________ (20) of conflict.

 

a.        ago n. muchb.        among o. overc.        any p. reasond.        although r. releasede.        become s. sayf.         between t. somewhatg.        despite u. sourceh.        fewer v. telli.          found w. thanj.          had x. tok.        in y. upl.          late z. withm.      lately  

IGOR STRAVINSKY 

Igor Stravinsky is often  _________ (1) something  _________ (2) a revolutionary, in part  _________ (3) on the loud reception of his ballet The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky's career, _________ (4), suggests more evolution  _________ (5) revolution. Perhaps  _________ (6) other composer in this century -- or any --  _________ (7) written in  _________ (8) a variety of styles. And it is the unique genius of Stravinsky that his musical personality is detectable in  _________ (9) of these styles. Stravinsky came from a musical family, _________ (10) his training was limited, reflecting his family's desire that he should study law. _________ (11) a student at the university in St. Petersburg, he  _________ (12) the acquaintance of Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and studied with the older composer. His music quickly  _________ (13) the attention of Serge Diaghilev, the director of the Ballets Russes in Paris.

Stravinsky stayed longer in Paris, but with the advent of World War I and the problems  in Russia that would  _________ (14) to the October Revolution, Stravinsky took refuge in Switzerland. After the war he returned to Paris, _________ (15) more ballets for Diaghilev, as  _________ (16) as a wide variety of other  _________ (17).

In 1939, he emigrated to the United States, _________ (18) he attempted unsuccessfully to write music for films. He continued composing late into his life, and when he was well into his eighties he worked again as a conductor, _________ (19) in concert and on record. These recordings serve as valuable documentation of Stravinsky's ideas  _________ (20) his own music.

 

a.        although n. leadb.        as o. madec.        based p. neitherd.        both r. noe.        caught s. off.         concerned t. suchg.        concerning u. thanh.        considered v. welli.          each w. wherej.          for x. worksk.        got y. writingl.          has z. writtenm.      however  

Playing Pilgrims

"Christmas won't be Christmas  _________ (1) any presents," grumbled Jo, _________ (2) on the rug.

"It's  _________ (3) dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down  _________ (4) her old dress.

"I don't think it's  _________ (5) for some girls to have  _________ (6) of pretty things, and other girls nothing at  _________ (7)," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

"We've got Father and Mother, and  _________ (8) other," said Beth happily from her corner.

The four young faces on  _________ (9) the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, _________ (10) darkened again as Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps never," but each silently added it, _________ (11) of Father  _________ (12) away, where the fighting was.

Nobody  _________ (13) for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the _________ (14). Mother proposed not  _________ (15) any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter  _________ (16) everyone; and she thinks we _________ (17) not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering in the army. We can't do  _________ (18), but we can  _________ (19) our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't" And Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully _________ (20) all the pretty things she wanted.

 

a.        all a.        muchb.        at b.        ofc.        but c.        oughtd.        do r. plentye.        each s. reasonf.         fair t. sog.        far u. spokeh.        for v. thinkingi.          have w. toldj.          having x. unlessk.        lying y. whichl.          make z. withoutm.      many    

Many years  _________ (1) lived an emperor, _________ (2) thought so  _________ (3) of new clothes that he spent  _________ (4) his money in  _________ (5) to get them; his only ambition was to be always well  _________ (6). He did not  _________ (7) for his soldiers, and the theatre did not amuse him; the only thing, in  _________ (8), he thought  _________ (9) of was to drive out and show a new suit of clothes. He had a coat for  _________ (10) hour of the day; and as one would say of a king “He is in his cabinet,” so one could say of him, “The emperor is in his dressing-room.”

The great city where he lived  was very happy; every day many strangers from all parts of the globe arrived. One day two swindlers came to this city; they  _________ (11) people believe that they were weavers, and said they  _________ (12) make the finest cloth to be imagined. Their colours and patterns, they said, were not  _________ (13) exceptionally beautiful, _________ (14) the clothes made  _________ (15) their material possessed the wonderful quality of  _________ (16) invisible to any man who was unfit for his office or really very stupid.

“That must be wonderful cloth,” thought the emperor. “If I  _________ (17) to be dressed in a suit made of this cloth I should be able to  _________ (18) out which men in my empire were unfit for their places, and I could tell the clever from the stupid. I must  _________ (19) this cloth made for me  _________ (20) delay.”

  

 

a.        ago n. haveb.        all o. hasc.        anything p. maded.        being r. mattere.        but s. muchf.         care t. ofg.        could u. onlyh.        dressed v. orderi.          every w. werej.          fact x. whichk.        find y. whol.          from z. withoutm.      get    

Peter Breaks Through

_________ (1) children, _________ (2) one, grow up. They  _________ (3) know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. _________ (4) day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked  _________ (5) flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must  _________ (6) looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!” This was all that passed  _________ (7) them on the subject, but from then Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.

Of course they lived at 14, and  _________ (8) Wendy came her mother was the head of the family. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and  _________ (9) a sweet smile.

The way Mr. Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who  _________ (10) been boys when she was a girl discovered  _________ (11) the same time that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling, who  _________ (12) a cab and  _________ (13) there first, and so he got her.

Mr. Darling  _________ (14) to boast to Wendy that her mother not  _________ (15) loved him but respected him. He was one of  _________ (16) deep ones who know about stocks and shares. Of course no one  _________ (17) knows, but he  _________ (18) seemed to know, and he often said stocks were up and shares were down in a  _________ (19) that would have  _________ (20) any woman respect him.

 

 

a.        all n. oneb.        among o. onlyc.        another p. quited.        at r. reallye.        between s. sof.         every t. soong.        except u. suchh.        got v. thosei.          had w. tookj.          have x. untilk.        made y. usedl.          on z. waym.      once    

Cedric  _________ (1) knew nothing  _________ (2) about it. It  _________ (3) never been even mentioned  _________ (4) him. He knew that his papa had been an Englishman, because his mamma had told him so; but then his papa had  _________ (5) when he was  _________ (6) little a boy that he could not remember very  _________ (7) about him, except  _________ (8) he was big, and had blue eyes and a long moustache, and that it was a splendid thing to be  _________ (9) around the room  _________ (10) his shoulder. _________ (11) his papa's death, Cedric had found  _________ (12) that it was  _________ (13) not to talk to his mamma about him. When his father was ill, Cedric had been  _________ (14) away, and when he had returned, everything was  _________ (15); and his mother, who had been very ill, too, was only  _________ (16) beginning to sit in her chair  _________ (17) the window. She was pale and thin, and all the dimples had  _________ (18) from her pretty face, and her eyes looked  _________ (19) and mournful, and she was dressed  _________ (20) black.

 

a.        absolutely n. largeb.        best o. lotc.        by p. muchd.        carried r. one.        disappear s. outf.         died t. overg.        from u. senth.        gone v. sincei.          had w. soj.          has x. thatk.        himself y. tol.          in z. whateverm.      just    

JOHNNIE AND BILLIE LEARN TO JUMP

SAMMIE and Susie Littletail, the rabbits of  _________ (1) I told you in the book just before this, lived in an underground house  _________ (2) a burrow, but Johnnie and Billie Bushytail _________ (3) their home in a nest on a  _________ (4) tree. No, they were not birds, _________ (5) they did live in a nest. Yes, you have  _________ (6) it. They were squirrels.

Once upon a time Billie and Johnnie, who were brothers, lived with their papa and mama in a nice nest, on the Orange Mountains, but one day the papa and mama squirrels were  _________ (7) in a trap by a boy. He did not  _________ (8) to be cruel, but he did not know  _________ (9) better, so he took the two poor, frightened squirrels away with him. He  _________ (10) them in a nice cage, with a wheel that whirled around faster than the  _________ (11) merry-go-round you ever rode upon.

The boy  _________ (12) the squirrels nice things to eat, and was very kind  _________ (13) them, but of course he did not know  _________ (14) they would much  _________ (15) have been let  _________ (16), to run in the woods. They would have liked to do this and not play _________ (17) day in the wire house with the whirling wheel, that went around  _________ (18) fast. But the boy kept Mama and Papa Bushytail shut up, though one day they got free, and they were very glad! But I am not going to tell you about that now. I will save that for another story and for this time I will  _________ (19) you how Johnnie and Billie Bushytail  _________ (20) to jump.

 

a.        all n. putb.        any o. ratherc.        better p. sayd.        called r. soe.        caught s. tallf.         fastest t. tellg.        gave u. thath.        guessed v. thoughi.          had w. toj.          high x. whatk.        learned y. whol.          loose z. whomm.      mean    

A Town by the Sea

Felipe and Maria finally arrived  _________ (1) Luarca - a small town in the north of Spain. As they  _________ (2) for the Tourist Information Office, a woman stopped them and asked _________ (3) they were looking  _________ (4) beds for the night. Tired and  _________ (5) they nodded and were  _________ (6) to a room above a  _________ (7) restaurant. The inside  _________ (8) quite comfortable. There was a red plastic sofa and two armchairs _________ (9) the window. The sleeping area was separated  _________ (10) a chocolate satin curtain that  _________ (11) from the ceiling at one end of the room. Felipe walked into the living area and  _________ (12) his wife adjusting the silk flowers in the pink plastic vase placed in the middle of a glass-topped coffee table. They  _________ (13) up, smiled and _________ (14) noticed an oil painting of a stormy sea on the wall. Suddenly, like the crash of a wave against the shore, there was a knock at the door -  _________ (15) was the landlady. She  _________ (16) if everything was all right. They said it was and quickly  _________ (17) to an agreement  _________ (18) the cost of the room for the night. Once Felipe and Maria had unpacked, they went downstairs and had supper. An hour  _________ (19) they returned upstairs, cleaned their teeth and went to  _________ (20). They decided to go sightseeing in the morning.

 

a.        asked n. lookedb.        by o. nearbyc.        came p. overd.        faced r. reachede.        facing s. saidf.         for t. sawg.        found u. searchedh.        hung v. sleepi.          hungry w. takenj.          if x. thenk.        in y. wasl.          it z. werem.      later