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New Concept English III

Lesson 1 A Puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮

Pumas are large, cat-like animals ____________are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo ___________a wild puma _________________(spot) forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken_____________(serious). _____________, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged ________ investigate, for the descriptions _________(give) by people who claimed to___________(see) the puma were______________ (extraordinary )similar.

The hunt ________ the puma began in a small village__________a woman ____________(pick) blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being ___________ it is cornered. The search proved difficult,____ the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at___________ place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals ______ rabbits. Paw prints were seen in ____ number of places and puma fur was found ________(cling) to bushes. Several people complained of "cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, _______where had it come from? _______no pumas had been reported______(miss) from any zoo in the country, this one must __________(be) in the_____________(possess) of a private_________(collect) and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. ____ is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.

Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 十三等于一

Our vicar ____ always_______(raise) money for one cause or________, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock_______(repair). The big clock _____ used to _______(strike) the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.

One night, ___________, our vicar woke up ________ a start: the clock was striking the hours! ___________(look)at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times__________ it stopped. ___________(arm) with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock

tower to see _________ was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight _______ a figure ________ he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar ____ surprise.

'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you ____ surprise.'

'You certainly _______ give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village ____ well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'

That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, __________ I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and ______ is nothing I can do about it."

We'll get used _____ that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good _____one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

Lesson 3 An unknown goddess 无名女神

Some time ago, _____ interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple _____ stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been ___________(prosperity) , for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone. They had large rooms ____ beautifully _____________(decorate) walls. The city was equipped _______ a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used _______ a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. _______ Roman times. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains ________(date) from the fifteenth century B.C. It's _______(miss) head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must _______________(find) in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists _______________(construct) the fragments, they were ________(amaze)to find that the goddess turned_________ to be a very modern-___________(look) woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. ___________ her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, _________far, the archaeologists have been___________(able) to

discover her identity.

Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活

These days, people who do manual work often receive far_______ money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred _______ as “white-collar workers”______ the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature,_______a great many people are often willing to sacrifice _________(high)pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise ______ curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. When he got married, Alf was_______ embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He______(simple)told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home

________(dress)in a smart black suit. He ______ changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours _______ a dustman. Before_______________(return) home at night, he took a shower ____changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.

AlF s wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never ______, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as _______ as he used to, ______ he feels that his rise in status is well worth the _________(lose) of money. From ________on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him“Mr. Bloggs”, ____ “Alf”.

Lesson 5 The facts 确切数字

Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to_______________(extreme) to provide their readers _________ unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president s palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and______ refused to publish it. The article began: __________(hundred) of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president s palace. The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram____________(instruct)him to find out the exact number of steps and the__________(high) of the wall.

The journalist immediately set out_____________(obtain) these important facts, but he

took a long time to send them.____________ , the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet _______ fax____________(inform)the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had________________(origin) been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent_______prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax _____which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while _______________(count )the 1,084 steps _____________ (lead) to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president s palace.

Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab砸橱窗抢劫

The expensive shops in a famous near Piccadilly were just "opening”. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new display. Two of his assistants _______________(work) busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been ________________(beautiful) arranged on a background of black velvet. After ____(gaze) at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.

The silence was suddenly broken _________ a large car, _____ its headlights on and its home___________(blare), roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's. One man stayed at the wheel ________ two others with black stocking over their faces jumped out _________ smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. ____________ this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves ____________(strike) by a heavy statue, ____ he was too busy _______(help) himself to diamonds __________(notice) any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at ____ fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it ___________(throw) ashtrays and vases, but it was ____________(possible) to stop the thieves. They had got away with ___________(thousand) of pounds worth of diamonds.

Lesson 7Mutilated ladies残钞鉴别组

Has it ever happened to you? Have you ever put your trousers in the washing machine and _______ remembered there was a large bank note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did note in your back pocket? When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter______white? People who live in Britain needn't despair when they made mistakes like this (and a lot of people do)! ___________(fortunate) for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies _________deals with claims from people______ fed their money____a machine or to their dog. Dogs, ____ seems, love to chew up money!

A recent case concerns Jane Butlin ________ fiancé, John, runs a successful furniture business. John had very good day and put his wallet _____________(contain) $3,000 into the microwave oven _______ safekeeping. Then he and Jane went horse-riding. When they got home, Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven and _________(with) realizing it, cooked her fiancé's wallet ________ well. Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned ___ ash! John went to see his bank manager who sent the__________(remain) of wallet and the money _____ the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilate Ladies! They examined the remains and John got all his money ______. 'So long ________ there's something to identify, we will give people their money back,' said a spokeswoman for the Bank. 'Last year, we paid $1.5m on 21,000 claims. Damaged bank notes. The Queen's head appears on English bank notes, and 'lady' refers ________ this.

Lesson 8 A famous monastery著名的修道院

The Great St. Bernard Pass connects Switzerland _____ Italy. At 2,473 metres, it is the highest mountain pass in Europe. The famous monastery of St. Bernard, witch was founded in eleventh century, lies about a mile away. For hundreds of years, St. Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers ________(cross) the dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs, _______were first brought from Asia, were used ____ watchdogs even in Roman times. Now _________ a tunnel has been built through the mountains, the Pass is_________(little) dangerous, ________ each year, the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is _____ difficulty. _________ the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt ____ cross the Pass on foot.

During the summer months, the monastery is very busy, for it is visited by thousands of

people who cross the Pass in cars. As there are so many people about, the dogs have to ________(keep) in a special enclosure. In winter, __________, life at the monastery is quite different. The temperature drops to -30℃and very few people attempt to cross the Pass. The monks prefer winter ____ summer for they have more _______(private). The dogs have greater freedom, ____, for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure. The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there _____Christmas and Easter. These young people, who love the peace of mountains, always receive _____ warm welcome at St. Bernard's monastery.

Lesson 9 Flying cats 飞猫

Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, _______ they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. They never become submissive _____ dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence. Most cats remain suspicious _____humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinates us _____(much) about cats is the popular belief ________ they have nine lives. Apparently, there is _____ good deal of truth in this idea. A cat's ability to survive falls is based _______ fact.

Recently the New York Animal Medical Center made a study _____ 132 cats over a period of five months. All these cats had one experience_____common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died_______shock or injuries. Of course, New York is the _____(idea)place for such an interesting study, _______ there is no______(short) of tall buildings. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall ________! One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 storeys, yet only suffered from a _________(break) tooth. 'Cats behave like __________(well-train) paratroopers.' a doctor said. _______seems that the _________(far) cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. ______ high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like ________(fly) squirrels. This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact _________ they hit the ground.

Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic “泰坦尼克”号的沉没

The great ship, Titanic, sailed _______ New York ______Southampton ______ April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1,316 passengers and crew of 891. Even by modern standards, the 46,000

ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At the time, ________, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as __________(sink), for she had sixteen watertight compartments. ___________ if two of these were flooded, she would _______ be able to float. The tragic ____________(sink) of this great liner will always __________________(remember), for she went down______her first voyage ______ heavy ____________(lose)of life.

Four days after setting out, _______ the Titanic was sailing_______ the icy water of the North Atlantic, huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout. After the alarm______________(give), the great ship turned sharply___________(avoid) a direct collision. The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly_____________(miss) the immense walk of ice ___________ rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a slight ______________(tremble) sound from below, and the captain went down to see ________ had happened. The noise had been so faint_____ no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized ____his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded! The order___ abandon ship ___________(give) and hundreds of people plunged into the ___________(ice) water. As there were not enough lifeboats for everybody, 1,500 lives were lost.

Lesson 11Not guilty 无罪

Customs Officers are quite___________(tolerance) these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have______________ to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel ________________(guilt).

The hardened ________________(profession) smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, _______ __________he has five hundred gold watches _______(hide) in his suitcase.

________ I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me _________ a smuggler.

'Have you anything to declare?'

he asked, _________(look) me ______the eye.

'No,' I answered ___________(confidence).

'Would you mind ______________(lock) this suitcase please ?'

'Not at all,' I answered.

The Officer went through the case _________ great care.

All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in _______dreadful mess.

I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again.

Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light _________.

He had spotted a tiny bottle _______ the bottom of my case ____ he pounced on it ____ delight. 'Perfume, eh?'

he asked sarcastically.

'You _____________________(declare) that.'

Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'

'But it isn't perfume,' I said.'

It's hair-oil.'

_______ I added with a smile,' It's a strange _________(mix) I make myself.'

______I expected, he did not believe me.

'Try it!'

I said _____________(courage).

The Officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils.

He was greeted by ____ unpleasant smell ______ convinced him ___ I___________(tell)the truth.

A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away _________ precious chalk-marks on my baggage.

Lesson 12 Life on a desert island 荒岛生活

Most of us have formed an __________(real) picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise ____________ the sun always shines. Life there is simple _____ good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you _______ have to work. The _________ side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death ______ live like Robinson Crusoe, _________(wait)for a boat _____ never comes. Perhaps there is ____ element of truth in both these pictures, ____ few us have had the opportunity______(find) out.

Two men who recently spent five days ____ a coral island wished they_________(stay)there longer. They were taking a________(bad) damaged boat from the Virgin Islands _____ Miami to

have it_________(repair). ________ the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy_______ food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles ____ the Caribbean _______ they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island _______there was no water, _______t this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rainwater in the rubber dinghy. ______ they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day，and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a ___________(pass) tanker rescued them five days later, _______ men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.

Lesson 13 "It's only me'“是我，别害怕”

After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was ______ excited to do any housework that morning, _______ in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress part with her husband. She intended to dress _____ as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was _________(patient)to try it on. _________ the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. __________ putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out _______ it would be _________(comfort) to wear.

Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock ___ the front door. She knew that it_______ be the baker. She had told him to come straight in________ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to _______(fright) the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board ___ had come to read the metre. She tried to explain the situation, ________(say)'It's only me',______ it was too late. The man let _____ cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked _______ him, he fled, __________(slam) the door behind him.

Lesson 14 A noble gangster 贵族歹徒

There was a time _______ the __________(own)of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters ____ return for 'protection.' If the money was not paid

promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man ___ _____business by destroying his shop. _____(obtain) 'protection money' is not ___ modern crime. As long ago ____the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the_________(remark) ________(discover) that people would _______ pay large sums of money than have their life work ________(destroy) by gangsters.

Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived ____ Italy ____ a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made____ name for himself and came to ________(know) to the Italians ____ Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were ___ war with each other, Hawkwood used to ______(hire) his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, _______ business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after _______(burn) down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In ______ of this, the Italians regarded him_______ a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a pictured with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.'

Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble 五十便士的麻烦

Children always appreciate small gifts of money. Mum or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money, ______ uncles and aunts are always ___ source of extra income. ___ some children, small sums go a long way. If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes. Only very thrifty children manage to fill ____ a money box. For most of them, fifty pence is a small price to pay ______ a nice big bar of chocolate.

My nephew, George, has a money box ____ it is always empty. Very few of the fifty pence pieces and pound coins I have given him have found their way there. I gave him fifty pence yesterday and advised him_________(save) it. __________ he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble. _______ his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and ________ disappeared down a drain. George took ______ his jacket, rolled ___ his sleeves and pushed is right arm ________ the drain cover. He could not find his fifty pence piece anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady _________(rub)his arm with soap and butter, ____ George was firmly stuck. The fire

brigade was called and two fire fighter freed George using a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience _________ the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles _______ rewarded him with large box of chocolates.

Lesson16 Mary had a little lamb玛丽有一头羔羊

Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in ___________(south) Greece. One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb __________ her husband had given her. She kept it_________(tie) to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening. One evening, ____________, the lamb was missing. The rope ______________(cut), so it was obvious that the lamb _____________________(steal).

When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him _________ had happened. Dimitri at once set out_______________(find)the thief. He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village. After telling several of his friends about the ___________(thief), Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and ____________(angry) accused him ________ stealing the lamb. He told him he had better_______________(return) it or he would call the police. Aleko denied__________(take) it and led Dimitri into his backyard.________ was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black. ______________(ashame) of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized _______ Aleko _______ having accused him. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house ___________ the rain stopped. When he went outside half an hour later, he was _______________(astonish) to find the little black lamb was almost white. Its wool, _______ had been dyed black, ___________________(wash) clean by the rain!

Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world世界上最长的吊桥

Verrazano, an Italian about __________ little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He described it ____ 'a very agreeable situation _________(locate) within two small hills, in the midst of ________ flowed a great river.' ________ Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for ____ November 21st, 1964, the longest suspension bridge in the world was named ____ him.

The Verrazano Bridge, ________ was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn

________ Staten Island. It has a span of 4,260 feet. The bridge is so long ________ the shape of the earth had to ________(take) into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms __________(make) of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a ________(deep) of over 100 feet under the sea. These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise ________ a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from________the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It ______________(stimulate) that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. ________ its immensity, it is both simple and elegant,___________(fulfill) its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object _______(draw) as faintly as possible'.

Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art现代艺术的电流

Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more. The idea________ modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken. Even people _____ take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture_____display in public places. Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops. We have got quite used to them. Some________ 'modern' pieces have been on display for nearly eighty years.

In spite of this, some people -- including myself -- were surprised by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture. The first thing I saw when I entered the art gallery was a notice ___________: 'Do not touch the exhibits. Some of them are dangerous!' The objects on display were pieces of moving sculpture. Oddly shaped forms that are suspended form the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar_________ everybody. These objects, however, were different. __________(line) up against the wall, there were long thin wires __________(attach) to <I>meta</I>l spheres. The spheres had been magnetized and attracted or repelled each other all the time. In the centre of the hall, there were a number of tall structures _____ contained coloured lights. These lights flickered ______________(continue) like traffic lights ________ have gone mad. Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and off angrily. It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment. These peculiar forms not only seemed designed to shock people ________(emotion), but to give them electric shocks as well!

Lesson 19 A very dear cat一条贵重的宝贝猫

Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took __________ (consider) interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay's cat. Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat _______ her cat, Rastus, for a great many years. Rastus leads _______ orderly life. He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o'clock. One evening, however, he failed to arrive. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.

There days after Rastus' ______________(disappear), Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door. At first she decided to go to the police, but________(fear) that she would never see Rastus again -- the letter had made that quite clear -- she changed her mind. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word. Sure enough, Rastus arrived ___________( punctual)at seven o'clock that evening. He looked very well though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk. The police were astounded when Mrs. Ramsay told them what she had done. She explained that Rastus was very dear to her. ___________(consider) the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!

Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots 飞行员的先驱

In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of $1,000 to the first man ________would fly across the English Channel. Over a year passed before the first attempt was made. _____ July 19th, 1909, in the early morning, Hubert Latham took off from the French coast in his plane the 'Antoinette IV.' He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on sea. The 'Antoinette' floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship. Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called 'No. XI'. Bleriot ______________ (make)planes since 1905 and this was his latest model. A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during _________ he covered twenty-six miles. Latham, however, did not give up easily. He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new 'Antoinette'. It looked as _______ there would be an exciting race across the Channel. Both planes

were going to take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up early enough, After making a short test _________(fly) at 4,15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later. His great flight lasted thirty-seven minutes. When he landed near Dover, the first person _________(greet) him was a local policeman. Latham made _________attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again. His engine failed and he landed on the sea for the second time.

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