Cloze Practice Test 16
Read the article below and decide which answer best fits each space. Đọc đoạn văn dưới và chọn từ thích hợp cho mỗi chỗ trống.
Ability of Computer Catherine was a famous writer of children's stories. She lived in a fine old house in a small town near London. Often she worked at home, in her quiet ___(1)___. Long before her books became popular, she had tried to teach ___(2)___ how to use a computer. And now she typed all her stories on her computer, but sometimes she had to ___(3)___ to get some books from the library or have a meeting. She didn't like being away because she was worried about burglar. So she was very careful. Just before leaving, she always put a full cup of coffee on the writing desk, and left the radio playing to make a burglar think someone ___(4)___ at home. One day, she came back after a day out, and found that there was something different in her house. There was only a little ___(5)___ left in cup, and the radio was off. But when she looked at her computer, she saw it was ___(6)___, and someone had typed in a new story. She had no idea who had got in, or how, because none of the doors or windows was broken Then she sat down to read the story. To her surprise, it was a very good one. "Ill use it in my ___(7)___ book!"she said ___(8)___. The next month she had to go to London. She put a cup of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the desk. When she returned, the coffee and the sandwiches had ___(9)___.She ran to the computer. This time there was only ___(10)___ on the screen. "IT'S NOT YOUR STORY. IT'S MINE!" it said.
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