PI_12A News round the world
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Australia
In Sydney, early in the morning, some swimmers _____ (to have) a swim in an outdoor swimming pool which ____ (to be) very close to the sea. The swimmers _____ (to be) very
surprised when suddenly the pool assistants _____ (to start) shouting ‘Get out of the water! Quickly!’ The swimmers immediately _____ (to get) out. Then they _____ (to realize) that there _____ (to be) a shark at the other end! A large wave ____ (to carry) the shark into the pool during the night.
Fortunately none of the swimmers _____ (to be) hurt and the shark _____ (to be) caught in a net and put back into the sea.
EnglandSecurity guards at Stansted airport were ____ 1 when they saw a dog ______ _____ 2 a train and walking on its own towards the airport terminal. They caught the
dog and ______ 3 it to the police. Thanks to a _______4 in its neck, they discovered that its name was Diesel and that it ________5 to a woman called Sarah Chapman, who lived in London, 50 kilometres away. Sarah had gone on holiday for a few days and had _____ 6 Diesel with some friends. The dog had run away and had gone to the local _____ _____ 7. It had then _____8 a train and had travelled 50 kilometres to Stansted airport, ______ 9 trains on the way. Sarah said: ‘I’m sure Diesel went to the airport to ____ _____ 10 me!’
1 amazed
2 getting off
3 took
4 microchip
5 belonged
6 left
7 railway station
8 got on
9 changing
10 look for
Italy
An Italian man who was in cell / prison for robbery / stealing was freed early from prison on the condition that he promised to live with his parents / wife at their house. But after a week he arrived at his local police station / jail and said ‘Please arrest /free me again! He had decided that he couldn't live with his mother and father for another day/night. Guido Beneventi, 30, told the police: ‘My parents spent all their time telling me to do homework/housework. It was like being a child/a prisoner again!’
Sweden
Airport workers in the _______ 1 at Arlanda airport in Sweden were surprised to see an old lady sitting on the ______ _____ 2 next to her ______3. The woman had got ____ 4 at the check-in desk. She had put her luggage on the belt and then had sat down on the belt herself. A _____ 5 at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport said
‘Unfortunately, she did not understand when she was given ______6 instructions. She got on the belt together with her bag. Luckily, it wasn’t a long ____ 7 – only a few metres.’