Read the text and choose the correct answer for each gap.
Many people have tried 1(to put down/putting down/giving up/to give up) smoking at some point in their lives, and these days many of us2(are attempting/attempt/had attempted/attempted) to stop taking3(the other/another/other/others) substance which is not cigarettes, but which 4 (canis able toshouldmight) be killing the same number of people 5 (than/that/so/as) tobacco, or even more. I am talking about sugar.
When I went to the doctor five years ago, he told me that sugar 6 (would/shall/was/will) kill me one day if I didn’t avoid 7 (to eating/eating/eat/to eat )it. My only chance of long-term survival, said the doctor, was 8 (cutting out/setting down/putting out/cutting down) all sugar from my diet. Before that day, I 9 (don't tried/have never tried/had never tried/was never trying) to quit anything; 10 (however/although/so/even though) , I didn’t think it would be too difficult. “I have achieved difficult things in my life, much more difficult than that,” I thought. It wasn't true.
I didn't know how difficult it was to stop smoking, or drinking alcohol, because I 11 (had never been/wasn't ever/was never) addicted to anything, but when I stopped eating sugar, I realised that sugar is a very powerful drug. I think it 12 (had been/would have been/must be) easier if I had been addicted to nicotine, for example, instead of sugar. The first few weeks or months I 13 (used to dream/was dreaming/used to dreaming) that I was eating chocolate or cakes, and then I woke up in the morning and my body was crying for sugar.
It's been 3 months now, and I 14 (have been eating/have eaten/ate) very, very little sugar in that time; only the added sugar that food manufacturers put in some of their processed products, like bread, tinned tomato, etc. I am very happy because I don't crave sweet things any more, and I feel 15 (much/very/many) healthier and energetic than a few months ago.

Read the text and choose the correct answer for each gap.
I didn't see anybody behind me, but I knew that I 1 (was following/had being followed/was being followed). It was my instinct, I could feel it. I saw that a bus 2 (had just stopped/did just stop/just stopped) at the bus stop at the end of the street. I ran and 3 (had got on/was getting on/got on) it. I didn't ask the bus driver where 4 (it was going/was it going/did it go) because it didn't matter, I just wanted to 5 (get away/leave away/get out) as fast as possible.
I knew I was in danger. I had put 6 (myself/my/me) in a dangerous situation the day 7 (whichwhenthat) I had helped a woman in a bar. A man 8 (abused physically/was physically abusing/had physically abused) her when I hit him in the face. When he fell unconscious to the floor, I recognised the tattoos on his arms and neck. He was a member of one of the worst gangs in Los Angeles. The woman looked at me with panic in her eyes. "Go away, please, before his friends 9 (are arriving/will arrive/arrive)," she said. "If they see you, they 10 ('d kill/kill/'ll kill) you. "Do you think he'll remember my face?" I asked her. "I have 11 (none/no/any)doubt," she answered.
Now I was in a bus wondering why I had to punch that man in the face. If I hadn't done that stupid thing, nothing 12 (would happen/had happened/would have happened) to me. I got off the bus after a few blocks and I started walking. I 13 (had to/must/should) do something, but what? That dangerous man had seen my face. "Of course," I thought, "my face!". If that man had seen my face, I just needed a different face, a face that he could not recognise!
Three days later I had plastic surgery and I got a new face. That was a few months ago, and I 14 (have met/meet/have been meeting) the man I attacked a few times since then, and he has no idea who I am. And the best part is that I 15 (didn't use to/didn't usually/usedn't to) like my face, and now I love it!