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THE CUP-HOLDER
On his desk was a
Mr Custer was happy. ally good one
uter It was a re
new comp · t flatscreen. After
with a DVD and a grea d the computer
ks he phone
two wee omputer very
"I like my new c b'
shop . 'd "but I've got a Ig
much," he sal ,
. h 't"
problem Wit I . h P a'sistant asked .
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holder" sal
'd Mr Custer. MODERN ART
"It's the cup- , "the man at the
"\ d on 't understand, ]I'
. "What cup· holder. Mrs Caroline Sm ith started work as a cleaning
shop sa id. h front of the lady in the Museum of Modern Art. The director
, -holder at t e . d
'The cup , k It goes In an asked her to clean a room on the first floor. Two
computer doesn t wor .
hours' later Mrs Smith finished and asked what
spills my coffee." he DVD drive. to do next. The director checked her work . He
The cup-holder was t
returned with a look of horror on his face.
The room was certainly clean. The floor and
the windows were clean. But he also noticed
that part of a modern SCUlpture was misSing.
The sculpture was an old jacket over a computer
screen. On the jacket there were two roses. But
the jacket and the roses weren't there. "Where's
the jacket with the roses?" the director asked
Mrs Smith. "Oh, that old thing!" she answered.
"I cleaned it away! And the roses too!" The
sculpture was worth £50,OOO!

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Read again and match the sentence halves.

Mr Custer liked a Mr Custer about his problem .

2 Mr Custer phoned b in a museum.
3 The shop assistant asked c not happy with Mrs Smith.
4 Mr Custer used d the scu lpture.
5 Mrs Smith worked e the computer shop .
6 The museum director was f his computer.
7 Mrs Smith decided g the scu lpture was rubbish.
8 Mrs Smith cleaned away h the DVD drive for a cup holder.

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