Cloze Test 13

"Help! Help! It's a gang fight!"

Shoppers at Marina Centre in Singapore __________ (1) cries coming from

the field nearby. A girl screamed, loudly and very shrilly. The fright in her

__________ (2) turned Daryl's blood cold. __________ (3) a split second,

time seemed to be frozen as the horror __________ (4) the situation

penetrated every shopper's brain. Then, all of a sudden, everybody

__________ (5) running towards the field. It seemed as if everyone had gone

mad! Daryl ran __________ (6) with them, eager to see part of the action.

When he __________ (7) the field, the fight was over. All he could

__________ (8) was a huge crowd huddled in the middle of the field. Daryl

pushed his __________ (9) through the crowd and stared. __________ (10) on

the ground was a teenager. His face was very pale and he was covered

__________ (11) blood. The handle of a switch blade could be seen sticking

__________ (12) of his stomach. Daryl began to __________ (13) very sick.

Suddenly, a man pushed his way __________ (14) the crowd and called for

a little space. Obediently, the people moved __________ (15). Daryl was very

relieved. He __________ (16) that the ambulance had arrived. However, the

man whipped out a __________ (17) and started taking photographs of the

boy, __________ (18) bothered that the teenager was injured. He even tried to

interview the boy. Finally, help came, but it was too __________ (19). The

paramedics fought to __________ (20) the injured teenager, but failed. Daryl

looked on as the corpse was loaded into the ambulance.