Read the text and choose the correct word – a, b or c. miss lucy partridge, 47, who lives alone 1 …… 18 station road, middletown, awoke at 3 a.m. on sunday and saw a tall man 2 ……. in her room. she jumped out of 3 …….. and threw a chair 4 ……. him as he ran down the stairs. she ran to the bedroom window, opened it, and threw another chair as he was getting out of a downstairs window by which he 5 …….. as he ran down the street, miss partridge stood at her bedroom window and shouted for help. neighbours phoned for the police. every room in the house had been entered, and £ 100 in noted and a gold watch 6 …….. police dogs were used, but the man 7 …….. 8 choose the title for the article which fits best (the newspaper with the article is not a tabloid): 0. a in; ` b at; `` c near 1. a stood; ` b to stand; `` c standing 2. a bed; ` b the bed; `` c a bed 3. a to; ` b at; `` c behind 4. a entered; ` b had entered; ` c had been entered 5. a were missing; b was missing; c were missed 6. a was caught; b was not caught; c had not been caught 7. a threw chairs at burglar b chair-loving burglar c can partridge be brave?
