Read the text and choose thecorrect word A, B or

Read the text and choose the
correct word A, B or C.

Miss
Lucy Partridge, 47, who lives alone 1
18 Station Road, Middletown, awoke
at 3 a.m. on Sunday and saw a tall man 2
. in her room.

She
jumped out of 3 .. and threw a
chair 4 . him as he ran down the
stairs. She ran to the bedroom window, opened it, and threw another chair as he
was getting out of a downstairs window by which he 5 ..

As
he ran down the street, Miss Partridge stood at her bedroom window and shouted
for help. Neighbours phoned for the police. Every room in the house had been
entered, and 100 in noted and a gold watch 6 ..

Police
dogs were used, but the man 7 ..

8 Choose the title for the article which fits
best (the newspaper with the article is not a tabloid):



0.
A in; B at;
C near

1.
A stood; B to stand; C standing

2.
A bed; B the bed; C a bed

3.
A to; B at; C
behind

4.
A entered; B had entered; C had been
entered

5.
A were
missing; B was missing; C were missed

6.
A was caught; B
was not caught; C had not been caught

7.
A Threw Chairs at Burglar

B Chair-Loving Burglar

C Can Partridge Be Brave?