(CLASS 9 (12) PASSAGE FOR GAP-FILL

****COMPLETE THE GAPS IN THIS PASSAGE. USE ONLY ‘ONE’ WORD EACH TIME (FROM THE BOX SOMETIMES):
* PRACTICE 1:
- In 227 BC, a man entered the home of Cheng,king of the Chin state in northwest Chine.He had …………(1) with him a very precious gift,…………(2) silk map.The visitor,however,had a secret …………..(3) for being there.The man was a killer, and hidden in the map ……….(4) a knife.
- The murder attempt did not …………(5),and King Cheng went on to control over several states.He took the name Shih Huang Ti………………(6) means ‘first emperor’.for Cheng was the first ruler of a country he renamed Chine,after his Chin …………(7).
- Chinese map from Shih’s time do not …………..(8) todu.But in 1973 three silk maps dating……………(9) about 168 BC were …………….(10) in the province of Human.Silk continued to be used for Chinese maps even after the invention of paper.
* PRACTICE 2:
- The University of Sidney is Australia’s oldest university. (1)…………..from being one of the country’s most respected universities, it is …………….(2) one of the most beautiful.It is famous ………….(3) its Great Hall and the Main Quadrangle ………….(4) cloisters,lawns and towera are modelled on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
- The universiy is situated ………..(5) to the business centre of Sydney and is well-serviced ………..(6) public transport.
- The city of Sydney is …………(7) commercial and cultural centre of Australia,sited on ……….(8) of the most beautiful natural harbours in the world and with a mild Mediterranean climate.
- Sydney has a population of almost 4 million people,…………(9) up of a wide cross section of races,cultures and religions. In ……………(10) multi- cultural city it is possible to buy food and goods ……………..(11) almost every country in the world.
- The University ………….(12) offers a wide range of courses, academic facilities and ………….(13) main library is one of the biggest in the southern hemisphere and its language study centre and language laboratories are …………(14) sophisticated and up-to-date.
* PRACTICE 3:
- Two thousand year ago,the ………………(1) who lived on the island now called Britain were Celts,and they ………………..(2) a variety of Celtic dialects. In 55 BC the first Romans …………….(3) from across the Channel,bringing …………….(4) them their own language:Latin. The Romans stayed in Brain for over 400 years but ………….(5) a very few Latin words were taken over by the Celts and still ……………..(6) today – play names mostly.
- Not many years later the last Roman had left.Brain was ……………..(7) by the Angles,Saxons and Jutes – three Germanic tribes speaking similar …………..(8). Unlike the Romans,these people forced the Celts to ……………..(9) their homes and settle in the extreme west and north of Britain. Anglo – Saxon replaced Celtic as a native language,the name “ English” ………………(10) from Angles.

* PRACICE 4:
- We drove from Seatle to a small town called Winthrop.There ………….(1) only one street on Winthrop.The street is built to look …………………(2) a quiet country town ……………..(3) the 19th century.
- After breakfast the next morning,we drove …………..(4) the bottom of the mountain.Here our horses ……………..(5) waiting for us.We set off ………..(6) the steep trail into the mountains.We ………………(7) one behind the other because ………….(8) the narrow trail.
- The steep road ……………(9) also very rocky.I was afraid my horse might slip and ……………..(10) over. But it went up the slope confidently.It was quite to climbing over the rocks.
* PRACTICE 5:
- When I was sixteen I …………..(1) school and went to work in a butcher’s shop.The manager was a young man,only a few year older …………..(2) me,and he was very ambitious. Also, he was a bit dishonest.When customers asked ……………..(3) the best steak he would sell them poor-quality beef.He used to do this to young housewives,who if the meat …………….(4) tough,blamed themselves for not cooking it properly.Sometimes,he did not give the ………………..(5) change and the customers did not notice.
- One day,just before Christmas,we decided to close early because we…………….(6) sold all our meat,except for one small turkey.As I was ………………..(7) to lock the door,a woman rushed in and said that she really had ………………(8) have a ten-pound turkey.The manager tried to sell her small one we had left. ‘It’s too