A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE

Mary Smith has (0) .been a contributor to Fame magazine for the (16) six years. She is
a freelance writer and television producer based in London. She (17) .. worked on stories
across six continents and (18) . nominated for an Emmy Award for her coverage of the 1991
Soviet coup.
Having now given (19) .covering war zones, she has (20) up polo which she
finds far (21)..dangerous, (22) .considers it an addiction (23) will finish
either in bankruptcy or old (24).. .This month, she will play the game riding (25) ..the
back of an elephant.Mary also (26) three years in Japan studying the language (27)
coming back to London to work (28)the BBC and the Japanese Broadcasting
Corporation. In this issue of Fame she writes (29) .an initiative to (30)
.Namibias cheetahs and leopards

The Hitchhiker
It was a very wet and windy day and David Williams was (0) soaked to the skin (1)____________
he stood at the side of the road (2)__________ to hitch a lift. (3)_______ far, only four cars had
(4)_________ along and each one had gone past (5)__________ stopping . David was beginning
to wonder if anyone (6)________ stop for him when a lorry suddenly (7)__________ up and the
driver told him to hop on the back as there wasnt (8)____________ in the cab. David accepted
gladly and quickly climbed aboard.
To his (9)________ , in the back was an empty coffin. (10)_________ it was still raining heavily,
David decided to climb (11)_________ it for shelter. Standing by the roadside had (12)_________
him feel very tired, so it wasnt (13) _______ before he had fallen fast asleep.
While he was sleeping, the lorry (14)_________ stopped again to (15)________ up another
hitchhiker. Like David, he too climbed on to the back of the lorry. By now, the rain had stopped and
the sun had come (16)________ . It began to (17)_______very hot inside the coffin and David
suddenly woke up. Without thinking, he lifted the lid (18)________the coffin, saw the stranger
sitting there and shouted: Have I (19)_______asleep for long?
His fellow hitchhiker took one look at David, screamed (20)_____________ fear and jumped
(21)__________ the lorry in panic. Needless to say, he has never hitchhiked (22) ________ .

DEPARTMENT STORES
In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander Stewart opened a business called the
Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (0) doing. so, he gave the world something completely new
the department store. Before this, no-one (16) . tried to bring together such a wide range of
goods (17) . a single roof. The business did very (18) . . It expanded rapidly and soon
had (19) . staff of two thousand. For Stewart even that was not enough, (20) .. . In 1862
he moved to an eight-storey building nearby, (21) . he renamed A.T. Stewarts Cast-Iron
Palace. It was, (22) . for many years would remain, the largest shop in the world.
Others followed Stewarts example and soon there were stores (23) . his in many major cities
in the United States. We dont (24) . when people started calling them department stores. The

expression wasnt used in print (25) . 1893, when it appeared in Harpers magazine, but the
way that it is used there (26) . it clear that it was already widely understood. (27) . is
certain is that department stores completely changed the shopping experience for millions of
people. They offered not only an enormous range of goods, (28) . also levels of
comfort, luxury and excitement previously unknown to customers. Almost from the start they had
restaurants, toilets and many (29) . facilities, so (30) . was no need to go elsewhere for
anything.

Restoring a famous garden

My garden at Compton Acres is less (0) than 70 years old. However, several important features
had been allowed to fall into a very bad condition by the (1)_______ I bought the property. My first
task has been to repair (2)__________ features. It (3)_______ become difficult to reach the
places in the garden with the best views because so (4)_________ paths were in such poor
condition. The Italian formal garden, for example, has always (5)________ many visitors, and as a
result its paths were in a terrible state. But hundreds of metres of paths (6)________ recently
been repaired. We also have done a (7)___________ of work on many of the gardens wooden
buildings. A major job was (8)_______ completely rebuild the roof of the Japanese summer house.
We also (9)_________ the greenhouses to a more practical location. Work (10)_________ this is
essential before you can get on (11)__________ the real business of gardening. I am not sure
(12)_____ the visitors realise how much work of this (13)__________ is necessary. But I
(14)________ thoroughly enjoying the job of returning the garden to (15)____ former glory.

Are you a lark or an owl?

Do you read the newspaper (0) while you have breakfast? If you do then you (1)___________ be
a `lark, or morning type of person. `Owls, or evening types, tend not to spend much time over
breakfast. They (2)_______ little appetite then, and, (3)_______ they are usually late risers, they
are short (4)_________ time anyway. Around half of the adult population are either morning
(5)_____________ evening types; the rest fall somewhere (6)______the
middle.
(7)_________can be up to a twelve hour difference in the time of day when the two types reach
the point when they are most alert and mentally at their (8)___________ . Larks tend to reach this
point in the late morning, while owls (9)_________ it around 10 pm. For reasons (10)_______ are
unknown, evening types tend to be more adaptable (11)________ morning types. For example,
evening types can usually cope much better with shift work and jet lag, and (12)________ is
easier for an evening type to become a morning type than the other way (13)_________ .
Are we born (14)__________ these differences or are they just formed (15)__________ habit? We
dont really know.

A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE
Mary Smith has (0) .been a contributor to Fame magazine for the (1) ..past/last. six years.
She is a freelance writer and television producer based in London. She (17) has worked on
stories across six continents and (18) was nominated for an Emmy Award for her coverage of
the 1991 Soviet coup.Having now given (19).up.covering war zones, she has (20) takenup
polo which she finds far (21)less..dangerous, (22) but.considers it an addiction (23) which
will finish either in bankruptcy or old (24..age.. .This month, she will play the game riding (25)
on..the back of an elephant.Mary also (26) .spent.. three years in Japan studying the
language (27) before coming back to London to work (28)forthe BBC and the Japanese
Broadcasting Corporation. In this issue of Fame she writes (29) about.an initiative to (30)
save.Namibias cheetahs and leopards
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