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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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