“YOU DIDN’T DO WHAT I SAID”, THE MOTHER SAID TO HER SON

35) “You didn’t do what I said”, the mother said to her son.

 The mother accused...

C. READING

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

THE QUIZ SHOW

My best friend Jenny ... (36) ... on a TV quiz show a few nights ago. It was very

exciting. We all knew that she ... (37) ... be on, so all our friends met at her parents’

house to watch it. Her parents videoed it too, of course. The programme started at half

past seven. We screamed and clapped when we saw Jenny. She looked great. She had

had her hair done, and was wearing the new top she had bought the day before. She sat

in the chair in the middle of the studio while the ... (38) ... asked her some questions.

The questions got harder and harder as they increased in ... (39) ... . If she didn’t make

any mistakes and get the most difficult question right, she would win a million pounds.

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By this time, jerry had won a thousand pounds. That was definitely hers, whatever

happened. She answered the next question correctly, which was worth five thousand

pounds. I didn’t know the answer, but she did know! Then with the next question, she ...

(40) ... a risk but got the answer wrong. She was gone out of the game. Still, she had her

thousand pounds, and we were very proud of her.