In the South of America

233. Complete the sentence: “ Oh, yes madam, this is Mr. Slush latest book, I assure you. It’s having a wonderful sale.” As he spoke he pointed to a huge pile of books on the counter with the title in big letters…

“Golden dreams”

234. Complete the sentence: Sladen Morris is the boy …

Next door

235. Complete the sentence: Ainsley knew that the sender was Dicky Soames, his …

Wife’s cousin

236. Complete the sentence: Discipline on board was hard …and Zabinski made it worse.

To watch

237. Complete the sentence: He had been verger … and liked his job.

For 16 years

238. They were very nice people and played pleasant game of bridge. The main character of the text is …

Cartwrights

239. Complete the sentence: Gavin was the only person on earth to whom I …

Could tell the truth

240. Complete the sentence: A few people were in restaurant eating breakfast and Pledger felt …

The American smell of coffee and toast and bacon

241. The princess was still smiling, though less easily. She was unused to asking for things twice. The silence continued. I still thought that it could only a practical joke, and that one of us probably the prince himself – would produce the ring with a laugh. These sentences are from the text:

“The Dinner Party”

242. Complete the sentence: “Oh, you needn’t worry,” the … smiled. “All you have to do is to read and sign the papers”.

Banker

243. If I had a pretty little wife I shouldn’t let her spend a year in…

New York

244. I saw that the gentleman I was to face wore a large beard. He was a young man. His beard was full, loose and very black. These sentences are from the text:

“The Beard” by G. Clark

245. “I was up to seven – thirty the next morning and I remembered that I had a job to do. Our vegetable garden had a fence around it which needed a coat of paint. I took out a bucket half full of white paint and a brush and an old kitchen chair”. These sentences are from the text:

“Lautisse paints again”

246. Complete the sentence: Mr. Magister got a lot of money for his pictures and he …for his lessons.

Took a lot of money

247. When they … and I… Mary Ann holding Sladen’s arm.

Came/ saw

248. Complete the sentence: Roger didn’t show his feelings …

To Ruth Barlow had changed

249. Finish the sentence: “He was lucky” the planter was saying to this strange…

M an

250. Complete the sentence: …of the… night come through the windows pleasure…himself up in his coat.

The cold, winter, wrapped

251. Complete the sentence: There was a bell over the door that rang whenever …entered.

A customer

252. Complete the sentence: He smiled kindly “My dear man, if you want them that badly, you can certainly have them…

For five dollars

253. Complete the sentence: Miss Reese is …