Hungry Robber

SAY EVIDENCE STEAL SEE CONTROL MORNING FOOD CRIME OWN GROUND CAREFUL SUDDEN LOOK POPCORN DELIGHT

POLICE ARREST HUNGRY ROBBER

California Police have arrested ___ suspect after a robbery ___ a food shop. They ___ that they had enough ___ to prove the man (5)___ guilty. The shop was ___ during the night while ___ was closed. The robber ___ some money and food, ___ escaped before anyone could (10)___ him. But while he ___ walking home, he couldn’t ___ his hunger and opened ___ packet of popcorn. When ___ owner arrived in the (15)___, he informed the police. ___ found broken glass and ___ that was thrown on ___ floor. At first the ___ didn’t find any clues (20)___ help them solve the ___. They told the shop ___ that they would try ___ best to find the ___, but they didn’t have (25)___ hope. But there was ___ important clue on the ___ outside. If they looked ___, they would find it. ___ one of the policemen (30)___ down and saw some ___. To his surprise, the ___ continued along the street. ___ policemen followed the litter ___ the way to the (35)___’s flat, where the robber ___ sitting in his living ___. The robber wasn’t amused ___ he realised his mistake, ___ the shop owner was (40)___. The police returned all ___ money and food that ___ stolen from his shop.

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Duong Van Ngo

VIETNAM WRITE KNOW PERSON READ POST MINH 17 HEAR LOSE POLICE YEAR MINISTER FASHION ROMANCE

Duong Van Ngo from ___ is a professional letter ___. Ngo is special. He ___ English, French and Vietnamese. ___ pay him money to (5)___, write and translate letters. ___ has worked in the ___ office in Ho Chi ___ City since he was ___ years old. In the (10)___ 60 years, he has ___ thousands of stories and ___ written thousands of letters. ___ letters have changed lives. ___ has written love letters (15)___ young men and women. ___ has helped people find ___ family members. At times ___ work was dangerous. The ___ watched him for many (20)___ because they thought he ___ a spy. Ngo sits ___ a long table under ___ mural of Vietnamese Prime ___ Ho Chi Minh. A (25)___ woman comes up and ___ him to translate her ___ phone messages. They are ___ in French and sound ___. While he is working, tourists come to take his photograph. Ngo works alone. He will probably be the last letter writer. When he began working, only 54% of the people in Vietnam could read and write. Today most people in Vietnam can read and write so they no longer need his help. But as long as Ngo has clients, he will keep on working.

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EverQuest II

LATE REAL CREATE 1,000s ACTUALLY WAY PERSON ADVENTURE PRODUCT CHARACTER SAY WORLD END

EverQuest II is the ___ version of the virtual ___ game EverQuest, which was ___ by an American company. ___ is played online by (5)___ of people worldwide. These ___ imagine that they are ___ inside a simulated environment. ___ players say that they ___ believe that they live (10)___ Norrath, the virtual country ___ EverQuest II, and not ___ Earth. EverQuest ll differs ___ EverQuest in a few ___. In EverQuest, players choose (15)___ characters. In EverQuest II, ___ create their own characters ___ each character is unique ___ has got its own ___. Any character entering EverQuest (20)___ has got the opportunity ___ have hundreds of exciting ___, using virtual money and ___, and interacting with other ___ from around the world. (25)___ II is extremely popular ___ some people spend more ___ playing than working in ___ real jobs. One player ___ he loved playing with (30)___ children. He added that ___ loved the game because ___ was no end, the ___ was enormous, the possibilities ___ and, above all, it (35)___ a place to go ___ relax among friends!

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Beau Fornillos

YEAR 2 LIFE SCHOOL IMAGINATIVE CHANCE CLOTH RUNWAY 1,000 CONTEST SIMS JUDGE SHOP

Do you want to ___ a famous fashion designer? ___ play computer games! If ___ don’t believe it, ask ___ Fornillos. Fornillos, a (5)21-___-old student from the ___ States, plays The Sims ___ computer game. The characters ___ The Sims 2 game ___ called Sims. Players control (10)___ Sims and follow their ___ as they go to ___, grow up, find jobs ___ do other activities. Sims ___ go shopping and buy (15)___ latest fashions by H&M, ___ Swedish company. Sims players ___ choose hot mini dresses ___ comfortable shirts and trousers ___ fashionable accessories like belts (20)___ ties. Recently fashion design ___ the virtual world met ___ The Sims 2 game. ___ players were given the ___ to design their own (25)___ for H&M’s virtual Fashion ___ contest. More than a ___ Sims players entered the ___. They designed clothes for ___ different categories, using The (30)___ 2 game. The contest ___ were H&M’s professional designers ___ Sweden. Beau Fornillos designed ___ black and white dress ___ the contest and the (35)___ loved it. You can ___ the dress on The ___ 2 website – or you ___ buy a real version ___ the dress in H&M (40)___ around the world!

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A Banshee

MAJOR GREY SEE CLOTH HEAR PERSON CRY NIGHT FAMILY PULL POSSIBLE

Ireland is a country ___ is full of stories ___ spirits and magic. One ___ the stories is about ___ banshee, a woman spirit. (5)___ to Irish legend, the ___ cries before a member ___ one of the five ___ Irish families dies. The ___ usually appears in a (10)___ cloak and she may ___ young, middle-aged or old ___ ugly. Sometimes she is ___ washing blood from the ___ of people who are (15)___ to die. Often people ___n’t see her – they just ___ her strange cry. Many ___ think that her loud ___ are cats howling at (20)___. The banshee only appears ___ night when a member ___ one of the important ___ is going to die. ___ are times when people (25)___ warned of her arrival. ___ see horses without heads ___ a big, black coach. ___ is the banshee real? ___ are many reasons not (30)___ believe in it. But ___ you ever hear the ___ cry, it can only ___ mean one thing: Someone ___ going to die!

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Shakira

WRITE 13 COPY COME GROW ARABIC SURPRISINGLY MIX MUSIC BEAUTIFUL AMERICA 90 LAUNDRY BECOME COUNTRY SELL

Shakira is one of ___ most popular singers and song ___ today. She was only ___ when her first CD ___ recorded. Since then she (5)___ sold over 30 million ___ of her different albums. ___ was born in Colombia ___ 1977, but her father ___ from Lebanon so she (10)___ up with Colombian and ___ music and dancing. Not ___, she is known for ___ these different styles of ___ and also for her (15)___ belly-dancing. In Latin ___, Shakira became a star ___ the middle of the 19___s. But in 2001, when ___ Service, Shakira’s first album (20)___ English, was released, she ___ a star in many ___. More than 13 million ___ of Laundry Service were ___. Shakira learned English in order to make this album. She studied with a private English teacher, read poetry and studied the lyrics of famous songwriters. She also read newspapers in English. It wasn’t easy for Shakira to write lyrics for her songs in English, but she did it very well!

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Strine

AUSTRALIA SOUND REASON EXAMPLE ENGLAND IRELAND SEND CONDITION BRITAIN SUITABLE SOCIAL ACCENT GROW STREET SLANG BUSHED

“Throw another shrimp on ___ barbie,” says the famous ___ actor, Paul Hogan. What ___ he talking about? It ___ like English, but why (5)___n’t we understand it? The ___ is that it’s an ___ of Strine. The colourful ___ slang developed from the ___ spoken in England and (10)___ more than 200 years ___. In 1788 the English ___ English and Irish prisoners ___ Australia because the prisons ___ Britain were full. Australia (15)___ far away and the ___ were difficult so the ___ thought it was a ___ punishment for the prisoners. ___ prisoners came from different (20)___ backgrounds and brought diverse ___ and vocabulary to the ___ language. When their children ___ up, they spoke a ___ slang unique to Australia (25)___ it became the Australian ___ we know today. So ___ an Aussie says, “I’m ___!” You don’t want to act like a “drongo” (a “fool”). Just put a smile on your face and answer, “Ace mate, I’m bushed too!” Or in other words, “Great, my friend, I’m also tired.”

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Comedian Neil Leiberman

CLOSELY PERSON HYSTERICAL SAY COMEDY ANSWER COME ADVICE BECOME IDEA JOKE REHEARSE ALWAYS SUCCESS TOWN DETERMINATION

Have you ever watched ___ while a great comedian ___ Jerry Seinfeld was entertaining ___? Was the audience laughing ___? Was it what the (5)___ said, or how he ___ it? Neil Leiberman, a ___ coach, has got the ___. Leiberman was a comedian. ___ performed at comedy clubs (10)___ Los Angeles. Other comedians ___ to ask him for ___ on their acts. That ___ when Leiberman decided to ___ a comedy coach. According (15)___ Leiberman, comedians shouldn’t use ___ from television comedies and ___ mustn’t steal another comedian’s ___. In order to deliver ___ act successfully, they should (20)___ their act every day. ___ comedians try hard to ___ funny, but they don’t ___ make it in the ___ of comedy. Maybe they (25)___n’t know the secret to ___: you don’t have to ___ the funniest person in ___ – but you must have . Being funny is not enough.

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Car Boot Sales

WANT MONEY PUT LARGE SELL LAST WAY OLD CHEAP PERSON PAY OTHER ITEM AGAIN

Car boot sales are ___ unusual way to get ___ of things you don’t ___ any more and make ___ at the same time. (5)___ you need is a ___ with the biggest boot ___ can find. You simply ___ your boring, old-fashioned stuff ___ the boot of the (10)___ and drive to a ___ open field. There you ___ see many other people ___ their possessions. Having car ___ sales has become a (15)___ popular trend over the ___ few years in Ireland ___ England. It’s the best ___ to get rid of ___ items and a great (20)___ to find interesting and ___ stuff. You never know ___ treasures you’ll find amongst ___ the junk. Every weekend ___ can find car boot (25)___ in their area. They ___ an entrance fee and ___ sell all the items ___ the boot of their ___. When they have made (30)___ money, they can buy ___ more useful and attractive ___ than the ones they ___ and then drive home ___!

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An Internet House

LEAVE COMPUTER HEAT GET CHILD SEE TV THINK MR FANTASY THROUGH SEND USEFUL

Today, before Mr Davis ___ work, he will open ___ portable computer, log on ___ the website for his ___ and enter his instructions. (5)___ will instruct his home ___ to heat the oven ___ turn on the water ___ so the oven will ___ warm and there will (10)___ hot water when he ___ home. He also doesn’t ___ to worry about his ___ because in seconds the ___ will connect him to (15)___ digital cameras around the ___. If he looks into ___ children’s room, he will ___ them playing and watching ___. He can even tell (20)___ at what time he ___ he will be home. ___ Davis does this every ___. Is this just a ___? No, a British company (25)___ already built the “Internet ___”. The owners can control ___ from anywhere in the world ___ the Internet. All they ___ to do is log (30)___ to a website and ___ instructions to the computer ___ the house. Now that’s ___ technology!

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The Twins

FAMOUS TRICK CALL FAMILY DURING CREATE LATE GO THEN SNOW STORM HEALTH FUTURE

If you love magic, ___’ll love The Twins. These ___ British illusionists are identical ___ and they have performed ___ over the world. Their (5)___ include dangerous underwater escapes ___ making a helicopter appear ___ stage. But one of ___ most unbelievable stories about ___ involves a six-year-old boy (10)___ Anthony. Anthony and his ___ saw The Twins’ show ___ Alton Towers theme park. ___ the show, The Twins ___ a “snowstorm”. Anthony loved (15)___ trick. Unfortunately, several days ___, Anthony was badly injured ___ a car accident. He ___ into a coma and ___ thought he wouldn’t survive. (20)___ Anthony’s big sister remembered ___ much Anthony loved the ___ illusion and she decided ___ recreate the trick. The ___ tore up little pieces (25)___ paper and threw them ___ the air like snow ___ they played The Twins’ ___ music. Unbelievably, it worked ___ Anthony woke up. Anthony (30)___ now a happy and ___ boy, practising for his ___ career – as an illusionist!

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Barbie

GIRL BUY OTHER BABY LONG TOY MAKE DOLL HANDLER JOHNSON CALL SHOP 10 TODAY LOVE COOL

Everyone knows who Barbie ___. She’s a doll and ___’s always ‘in’ with little ___. But do you know ___ history of Barbie dolls? (5)___ the 1950s Ruth Handler ___ a doll called Lilli ___ Germany for her daughter. ___ doll was different from ___ dolls because it looked (10)___ an adult. Most dolls ___ the time looked like ___, but this doll had ___ legs and it looked ___ a teenager. Ruth and (15)___ husband owned Mattel, a ___ company. “I’m going to ___ a doll like Lilli,” ___ decided. They designed a ___ like Lilli. Then the (20)___ asked fashion designer Charlotte ___ to design clothes for ___ doll. “I’m going to ___ the doll Barbie like ___ daughter, Barbara,” thought Ruth. (25)___ started selling Barbie dolls ___ 1959 and Barbie became ___ popular. In the next ___ years, people spent $500m ___ Barbie dolls and clothes. (30)___ Barbie is still very ___ because she always wears ___ latest fashion. Little girls ___ playing with her and ___ adults collect Barbie dolls (35)___. Barbie is just so ___!

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Shoreditch

TROUSERS JACKET PEOPLE LONDON DANGER AREA FILL ARTIST VISIT FALL PLACE DESIGN CONSUMER

Have you ever wondered ___ next year’s fashion will ___? Will it be wide ___, multicoloured clothing or smart ___? Will big jewellery be (5)___? What sort of shoes ___ teenagers wear? A good ___ to predict future fashion ___ to watch fashion shows ___ around the world or (10)___ buy popular fashion magazines. ___ another way to find ___ is to visit Shoreditch ___ the East End of ___. In the past, Shoreditch (15)___ to be a very ___ place, but today it ___ one of the trendiest ___ in London. The area ___ 13 streets and has (20)___ over 6,000 designers and ___. Japanese designer Yohju Yamamoto ___ Shoreditch for a week, ___ in love with the ___ and has now got (25)___ own fashion house there. ___ is one of many ___ with similar stories. Although ___ can’t say for sure ___ the next fashion trend (30)___ be, it is likely ___ be close to what ___ see in Shoreditch.

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Roy Mears

TV SURVIVAL HANDBOOK BRING WORLD SEE WAY GROW START COUNTRYSIDE SKILL LIGHT MAKE DIFFICULT

Do you like spending ___ in nature? Do you ___ sleeping outside? Then maybe ___’ve heard of Ray Mears. ___ Mears is a famous (5)___ presenter. He has taught ___ skills since the 1980s ___ in 1990, he wrote ___ book called The Survival ___. Since 1993 he has (10)___ his skills to television ___ the programme Ray Mears’ ___ of Survival. His show ___ extremely popular. People like ___ him build a “tent” (15)___ snow, find food in ___ forest and find his ___ in the jungle. Mears ___ up in England. When ___ was a boy, he (20)___ walking around the local ___. By the time he ___ 16, he already had ___ skills and he teaches ___ today. He also runs (25)___ own business. In his ___, he teaches people survival ___, for example how to ___ fires without matches or ___ a tent from trees (30)___ leaves. People can use ___ skills to survive in ___ conditions in forests, deserts ___ jungles.

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Voluntary Work

TEENAGER PART YOUNG HOUR JOB GET ANDREW GIVE FEEL STUDENT WANT LEAVE HELP RACHEL DECIDE KNOW 

In the UK many ___ do voluntary work as ___ of their school curriculum. ___ people spend a few ___ of their spare time (5)___ week working in different ___ such as babysitting, gardening ___ repairing computers. They don’t ___ paid for this work, ___ they enjoy it and (10)___ valuable experience. For many, ___ experience is more valuable ___ money. One young volunteer, ___, says, “It’s great to ___ up some spare time (15)___ others. I have worked ___ a volunteer for a ___ months. It makes me ___ good and the experience ___ wonderful. It is good (20)___ everyone.” In addition, many ___ don’t know what they ___ to do when they ___ school and this experience ___ them decide. Another volunteer, (25)___, says, “I think teenagers ___ benefit from doing voluntary ___ before they make a ___ about their future. I ___ I’ve learned a lot (30)___ myself from volunteering.”

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Lingualossa

SMALL LARGE BEGIN FALL PICTURE LAVA CAUSE PLANE WATER AIRPORT LEAVE DANGER HURT RETURN 

I live in a ___ town called Lingualossa. It’s ___ under the volcano Mount ___. Mount Etna is the ___ volcano in Europe. It (5)___ also Europe’s most active ___. One morning while I ___ having breakfast an earthquake ___. I was drinking a ___ of coffee when it ___ out of my hands. (10)___ kitchen table and the ___ on the wall shook. ___ that a number of ___ earthquakes hit the area. ___ earthquakes made the volcano (15)___ Mount Etna erupt. Hot ___ poured from the volcano ___ Lingualossa for hours. The ___ covered buildings and it ___ a forest fire. Three (20)___ sprayed the trees with ___. The schools and the ___ closed and many people ___ town because of the ___. Luckily, no one got (25)___ in the different disasters. ___ the disasters ended, people ___ to their homes in ___.

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Major Charles Ingram

MILLION SHOW WATCH 15 WORK TECWEN  QUESTION POSSIBLE COUGH ARREST 

In 2002 Major Charles ___ became the third contestant ___ Britain to win £1 ___ on the famous game ___ Who Wants to Be (5)___ Millionaire? The studio audience ___ as Ingram answered all ___ questions correctly. However, as ___ discovered later, he didn’t ___ it honestly. Ingram was (10)___ with his wife and ___ Whittock, a man in ___ audience. The three devised ___ simple plan. Whittock sat ___ close as possible to (15)___ and every time the ___ show host asked a ___, Ingram repeated the four ___ answers. When Ingram said ___ correct answer, Whittock coughed. (20)___ people heard the ___ and became suspicious. Soon ___ the show, the police ___ Major Ingram, his wife ___ Whittock. The judge heard (25)___ story and they had ___ return all the money.

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The Witch

LIVE CAT FOREST FRIGHTEN DAY WOMAN TAKE FAMILY HAPPY VILLAGER FRIEND

Many years ago there ___ an old woman. She ___ with her little black ___ in a small cottage ___ the middle of the (5)___. There was a village ___ the forest. The people ___ the nearby village were ___ of the old woman ___ she looked like a (10)___. They didn’t go near ___ cottage. “Stay away from ___!” many of them said. “___ is a witch.” One ___ a little boy was (15)___ his way home when ___ got lost in the ___. He didn’t know what ___ do so he sat ___ a rock and cried. (20)___ some time, the old ___ found the boy and ___ him home to his ___. His parents were so ___ to see him. Then (25)___ realised the old woman ___n’t a witch at all, ___ just a lonely old ___. They told the other ___ how she helped their (30)___. Many villagers became her ___ after that day.

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Helpline

CONFIDENCE REAL STRANGE FEEL USE LIKE THIS

Dear Annie,

People say ___ I am cheerful and ___ because I tell a ___ of jokes and laugh ___ lot with my friends. (5)___ truth is, I am ___ shy and go red ___ the face whenever a ___ joins our group. I ___ so embarrassed. I didn’t (10)___ to mind it, but ___ I do. You see, ___ like this new girl ___ our computer science class. ___ is outgoing, sporty and (15)___ bit wild. We both ___ basketball and I want ___ ask her out to ___ game. My friends know ___ my face problem, but (20)___ doesn’t. How can I ___ confident when I have ___ problem?

Please help me.

Paul

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Camden Lock Market

FRIEND MIDDLE ENTERTAIN MAGICIAN JOLLY 

Alex sells clothes in ___ of the many shops ___ Camden Lock Market. He ___n’t make the clothes – his ___, Lucy, makes them. Alex ___ Lucy’s shop is next ___ a café in the ___ of the market so ___ can watch the street ___ while they work. The ___ don’t come every day ___ each entertainer has got ___ own day and time. ___ example, Mickey the ___ usually does his act ___ Sunday mornings and the ___ Jugglers perform on Mondays ___ Wednesdays. Some of the ___ are excellent and others ___n’t very good, but there ___ always something interesting to ___. At the moment Alex ___ watching the Jolly Jugglers. ___ are juggling 10 apples!

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