COMPETITIONSA. PHONETICI. CHOOSE THE WORD WHOSE UNDERLINED PART IS PRO...

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. 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.