quite pleased to see Val. On the other hand, she knew that Val was really (34) _ _
forward to her holiday. What could possibly have gone wrong? Val walked in but she
didn't (35) a single word. It was clear that she was upset and tired. "What is
it? What's happened?" Susan continued. "Is everything OK?" Valerie was silent for
some moments but eventually spoke. "You clearly haven't heard the news. Our travel
company went bankrupt on Friday. We didn't know and so went to the airport on
Saturday morning. Actually, we have spent the whole weekend at the airport hoping
still to get a flight. In the end we (36) up and came home". "Oh, you poor 99
thing, Susan gushed. "Let me make you a cup of tea but then you should go home. You
still have two weeks holiday to take. Why don't you go somewhere in England? The
weather is certainly nice enough at the moment. " "Well," replied Val, "it seems that
we will be OK to go to Italy still. We had travel insurance and it seems we will get all
our money (37) . So, we'll (38) again in the autumn (38) with a different
travel company. "
(32)
1) proposed 2) suggested 3) wanted (4) supposed
(33)
1) personal 2) individual 3) own 4) private
(34)
1) looking 2) watching 3) seeing 4) viewing
(35)
1) pronounce 2) utter 3) speak (4) say
(36)
1) left 2) gave 3) handed 4) surrendered
(37)
1) make 2) take 3) manage 4) do
[38] (1) try 2) go 6) 3) attempt 4) effort