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ask if there was a someone who could change the flat tyre. The 2............
shop-owner agreed that to help us by sending a boy to tetch a 3............
man to look at the tyre. He explained that it would cost a lot of 4 ............
money because the materials for doing such jobs were expensive 5...........
and difficult to get them. All we could do was to sit around and 6............
wait for the job to be done. While we were vvaiting we decided to 7............
spend some time playing a game of our íootball. Hovvever, as it was 8...........
the middle of summer it soon became so hot that we had to stop. 9............
We sat on some chairs and ordered a cold drink and had looked 10..........
at the view. When the man tĩnally he came, we asked him to 11..........
tinish quỉckly because we were in a hurry to meet our triends. Even 12..........
though he vvorked quickly it still took a few of hours for him 13.........
to be tinish. We could only hope that our triends had not set off 14..........
vvithout us. We would have to drive quickly to make it up for lost time. 15..........

21. STUDYING ABROAD

There are two reasons why I had wanted to study in Paris. I vvanted 0....... y
to be in a place vvhich it was at the centre of Europe, close to it 00......ií
other countries such as England and Germany. The other reason 1..............
was that I had been tound it very difficult to find a place to 2...............
study of medicine in my own country, vvhere there were only 3...............
three medical schools. I had spent my last two school years at a 4..............
boarding school, vvhere I was made a lot of triends and learned 5..............
to look after myselt. I was nineteen when I just left and I knew 6...............
that I could deal with a student life. Pirst of all, \ had to learn 7...............
the language of the country I vvould be living in there for quite 8..............
a while. I learnt with the language quickly because I stayed 9..............
with a tamily, vvhich was a great deal help. I was expected to 10............
speak only their language and not mine, Atter that, I looked around 11............
for an apartment to rent. I tound one very close to the university 12.............
so I went on the foot every day. I was able to exercise a lot and 13.............
thereíore be fit all year round. My studies went very much well 14.............
and I graduated at the top of the class with full honours. 15.............

22. ON TO EVEREST

After four years of backbreaking traỉning and also preparation, 0.......a/so
the Singapore Mt Everest Expedition Team is ready to mount the 00.......y
summit of the world’s most highest peak in the next few weeks. 1.................
In 1953, the Sir John Hunt expedition has put two climbers on the 2..................
summit. But on this expedition, they mounted the summit through 3..................
the South Col route. The Singapore team will attempt to 4 ..................
retrace the exactly same route as they begin their ascent. 5..................

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