WRITING – PART I.

Complete the text below by writing the suitable word from the list in each space provided. There are 20 gaps but 25 words given. Use each word once only!

Millions of Bangkokians ... (1) their lives in their hands every ... (2) when they use the city’s buses to ... (3) to work or go shopping or go wherever. The buses ... (4) a pretty bad reputation so we ... (5) to spend a day ... (6) around Bangkok to see ... (7) bad they really are.

Saturday - the beginning of the weekend. Like ... (8) of other people I want to go shopping.

I arrive ... (9) the bus stop at 8.20am and wait. And wait. Half an hour later, still no bus! “Take positive action,” I think to ... (10) so I head down to the corner to ... (11) a different bus.

9.00 am. My bus finally arrives - the 139 and luckily there are vacant ... (12). The driver is a woman. I ... (13) never seen this before. I wonder ... (14) that means the driving will be a ... (15) better than ... (16). My hopes are dashed when a ... (17) minutes later she changes places with the man sitting ... (18) her.

Before long there’s the ... (19) of something burning. The bus can’t be ... (20) fire! I look around and people are worried. Then I realise what’s causing the smell - the driver is riding the clutch. A woman beside me looks afraid and calls out, “I want to get to the market!” The bus stops and to everyone’s relief they change drivers again. I find out later that the woman was teaching the guy to drive!

a.               arrive              n.                          have

b.               at                   o.                          how

c.               beside            p.                          if

d.               bit                  r.                           in

e.               catch              s.                          lots

f.                cruising          t.                          myself

g.               day                 u.                          on

h.               decided           v.                          seats

i.                few                 w.                         smell

j.                front                x.                         take

k.               get                   y.                         to 

l.                give                 z.                          usual

m.              have