Entertainment on wheels
Why(0)…do….so many amusing incidents occur(1)……………train journeys? I remember the day when a ticket inspector entered the compartment (2)…………..six or eight commeters (3)…………….sitting. Everyone quickly found their ticket – (4)………….. for the man sitting next to me. His (5)…………….dived urgently into his pockets, and then he began to search through his briefcase. (6)………… else could see exactly where his ticket (7)………….- he was gripping it between his teeth. The ticket inspector calmly dealt with (8)………… the other passengers. Then, equally calmly, he drew the ticket from (9)………… the man`s teeth, examined it (10)………….a frown and popped it back again. Once the inspector had (11)…………..the compartment, most of the passengers settled down and carried on reading (12)…………….morning papers. As for the passenger who`d had his ticket in his mouth, he popped it (13)……………...his pocket, looking very relieved. He was generally quite a friendly person, so to make (14)………… I said to him, `You must have felt foolish – searching in all your pockets (15)……………it was in your mouth`. `Foolish?` he whispered. `Not at all – I was chewing the date off`. Look again at the questions 16-30 and chose which of the four options below best fits each gap. 1. A during B in C while D at 2. A as B where C while D which 3. A was B sat C were D are 4. A excepting B except C but D apart 5. A hand B search C look D companion 6. A Everyone B All C People D Others 7. A placed B lay C were D was 8. A there B waiting C else D around 9. A between B through C out D in 10. A giving B with C making D producing 11. A departed B left C gone D quitted 12. A his B their C some D through 13. A back B into C down D within 14. A chat B talk C friends D conversation 15. A and B as C when D because 9. Read the following text and put the linking words on the right in the correct place in each paragraph. The linking words are in the right order. Sometimes you will need to change the punctuation. What is the purpose of each paragraph?
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