_____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____ (23-28) CHOOSE THE WORD OR PHRASE THAT BEST FITS THE BLANK SPACE IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE

1/ _____ 2/ _____ 3/ _____ 4/ _____ 5/ _____ 6/ _____

(23-28) Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in the following passage:

It happened(23)___________ a Sunday morning just before the Chinese New Year. I(24)

________ to decorate our living room with paper lanterns and other colorful decorations. To put

these decorations , I had to(25) _________ a ladder. However, I went to the storeroom (26)

________ brought out the old wooden one that we had. I climbed up to the top rung of the ladder,

with a lantern in one (27) _________, a pair of scissors in the other and a reel of thread between my

teeth. Just as I was reaching out to tie the lantern to a nail high on the wall, the step of the

ladder(28) __________ me gave way.

Taken completely by surprise, I fell to the floor with a heavy thump. I felt a sharp pain on my

back as well as on my ankle