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It must be true… I read it in the newspaper
1. A promise kept
Choose the correct word.
A prisoner in Montenegro arrested/fired/escaped from jail just to wish his girlfriend a
happy birthday. Dragan Boskovic, 26, overpowered wards/security/guards and scaled a ten-
foot wall to get out of the prison near Kolasin, where he is serving/spending/receiving a life
sentence for murder. He went straight/forward/outside to his 19-year-old girlfriend’s house
before talking/turning/getting himself in to the police two hours later. “I promised my
girlfriend that, no matter what, I would say happy birthday to her but I wasn’t
let/permission/allowed to use the prison phone,” he told officers. “I had no other
choose/option/case but to get the message to her personally.”
2. 911 date
Most of the two and three-letter words are missing from the text below. Fill in the
empty spaces.
____ American woman ____ arrested after developing a crush ____ a policeman ____
visited ____ ____ investigate a noise complaint. Lorna Dudash, from Aloha in Oregon,
dialled 911 ____ asked ____ ____ same “cutie pie” officer could return ____ ____ house. “I
know this ____ not in ____ way, shape or form _____ emergency,” ____ told ____ operator,
“but would ____ give the officer ____ number?” ____ officer returned ____ arrest ____ for
misusing ____ emergency services.
3. Squirrel take-over
Fill in the gaps by finding the right word. The definitions in brackets will help.
An elderly German co__________ (pair, two people) were driven out of their home by
a family of vi_________ (evil, someone with bad intentions) squirrels. Heinz Steinhaeuser,
from Verden in Lower Saxony, said the squirrel pair and their three of__________
(someone’s son or daughter) slipped into the house when he popped outside to pick up his
newspaper. The squirrels then at__________ (to use violence to hurt a person or damage a
place) his wife, Brunhilde, and drove her out of the house. The pair cowered outside for two
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hours b_________ (prior to something) calling the fire brigade to help them re__________
(get something back) their home. The firemen found the squirrels hiding in a bed.
SUMMING IT UP
Are the statement true (T) or false (F) or not in the text (N)?
The couple was afraid to go back in the house.
The fire brigade arrived promptly.
The woman first called in rightly.
The police officer returned as he fell in love with the woman.
It was the inmate’s birthday.
The prisoner’s girlfriend was happy to see him.
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Key
1. escaped, guards, serving, straight, turning, allowed, option
2. an, was, on, who, her, to, and, if, the, to, her, is, any, an, she, the, you, my, the, to, her, the
3. couple, vicious, offspring, attacked, before, reclaim
Summing it up: T, N, T, F, F, N
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