TEXT COMPLETION

In the following passages, each of the numbered blanks stands for one word that has been omitted. Read the passage right through and then fill each blank with one word.

Christopher Lee Marshall became the youngest pilot in the world to fly across the Atlantic when he stepped out of his cockpit at Le Bourget airfield in Paris. The 11-year-old American was ____________(1) by his proud mother. ____________(2) looked quite tired, ___________ (3) managed a broad grin _____________ (4) all those present. Christopher _______________ (5) several stops between New York and Paris. ______________ (6) stopped over in Canada, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. _______________ (7) was accompanied on his _________________ (8) by Randy Cunningham who is ________________ (9) retired navy pilot. Randy _______________(10) along to render help _______________ (11) the event of any __________________ (12). Christopher started his love ______________(13) flying at a very _______________(14) age. He stepped into ________________ (15) cockpit of his first __________________ (16) when he was four. He _______________ (17) flying lessons with an __________________ (18) at the age of seven. Christopher received a lot of __________________ (19) from his father, an airline pilot. Today, he must be the _______________ (20) of many eleven-year-olds.

A giant dragon made out of cloth was constructed at The Mall to ________________ (1) the 1988 Chinese New Year. It won a place in the Guiness Book of Records ____________ (2) being the largest dragon