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. in
b.        as o. lay
c.        at p. lied
d.        besides r. pay
e.        course s. plenty
f.         deal t. soon
g.        enough u. than
h.        even v. used
i.          give w. well
j.          great x. while
k.        had y. wish
l.          have z. would
m.      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. on
b.        beginning o. plenty
c.        country p. so
d.        did r. stay
e.        enjoying s. staying
f.         yet t. still
g.        give u. time
h.        has v. to
i.          have w. unless
j.          like x. until
k.        lot y. was
l.          made z. which
m.      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. many

b.        are o. much
c.        as p. of
d.        can r. only
e.        coming s. outside
f.         couple t. over
g.        each u. pair
h.        for v. sense
i.          from w. than
j.          in x. times
k.        instead y. what
l.          is z. which
m.      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. temperature
b.        close o. to
c.        do p. though
d.        gave r. times
e.        however s. took
f.         in t. until
g.        less u. us
h.        memories v. weather
i.          normally w. where
j.          ours x. which
k.        playing y. who
l.          shared z. years
m.      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. raised
b.        another o. rose
c.        based p. talk
d.        beings r. talking
e.        consist s. telling
f.         discovered t. this
g.        for u. through
h.        from v. to
i.          have w. which
j.          her x. whom
k.        include y. whose
l.          led z. with
m.      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. long

b.        became o. made
c.        big p. opposite
d.        broke r. shoot
e.        building s. shot
f.         built t. so
g.        by u. that
h.        decided v. was
i.          defeated w. watching
j.          do x. well
k.        great y. with
l.          had z. would
m.      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. much

b.        among o. over
c.        any p. reason
d.        although r. released
e.        become s. say
f.         between t. somewhat
g.        despite u. source
h.        fewer v. tell
i.          found w. than
j.          had x. to
k.        in y. up
l.          late z. with
m.      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. lead

b.        as o. made
c.        based p. neither
d.        both r. no
e.        caught s. of
f.         concerned t. such
g.        concerning u. than
h.        considered v. well
i.          each w. where
j.          for x. works
k.        got y. writing
l.          has z. written
m.      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.        much

b.        at b.        of
c.        but c.        ought
d.        do r. plenty
e.        each s. reason
f.         fair t. so
g.        far u. spoke
h.        for v. thinking
i.          have w. told
j.          having x. unless
k.        lying y. which
l.          make z. without
m.      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. have

b.        all o. has
c.        anything p. made
d.        being r. matter
e.        but s. much
f.         care t. of
g.        could u. only
h.        dressed v. order
i.          every w. were
j.          fact x. which
k.        find y. who
l.          from z. without
m.      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. one

b.        among o. only
c.        another p. quite
d.        at r. really
e.        between s. so
f.         every t. soon
g.        except u. such
h.        got v. those
i.          had w. took
j.          have x. until
k.        made y. used
l.          on z. way
m.      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. large

b.        best o. lot
c.        by p. much
d.        carried r. on
e.        disappear s. out
f.         died t. over
g.        from u. sent
h.        gone v. since
i.          had w. so
j.          has x. that
k.        himself y. to
l.          in z. whatever
m.      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. put

b.        any o. rather
c.        better p. say
d.        called r. so
e.        caught s. tall
f.         fastest t. tell
g.        gave u. that
h.        guessed v. though
i.          had w. to
j.          high x. what
k.        learned y. who
l.          loose z. whom
m.      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. looked

b.        by o. nearby
c.        came p. over
d.        faced r. reached
e.        facing s. said
f.         for t. saw
g.        found u. searched
h.        hung v. sleep
i.          hungry w. taken
j.          if x. then
k.        in y. was
l.          it z. were
m.      later