7. Complete the sentences:

1) Although the customer's clothes were old and worn _________________________________

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2) Miss Martha decided that the customer was an artist because _________________________

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3) Miss Martha wanted to add something good to his bread but __________________________

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4) Miss Martha took interest in the customer, so ______________________________________

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5) A fire engine came past and ____________________________________________________.

6) While the customer was looking at the fire engine ___________________________________

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7) The angry customer shouted and shook his fist at Miss Martha but _____________________

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8) The young man knew Mr. Blumberger because _____________________________________

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9) Mr. Blumberger was an architect and _____________________________________________

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10) Mr. Blumberger used stale bread to rub out the pencil lines because ___________________

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11) Since Mr. Blumberger's plan was ruined __________________________________________

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8. Explain why:

1) Miss Martha was sure that the customer was an artist;

2) she thought he was very poor;

3) Miss Martha wished she could share her tasty meal with the "artist";

4) she wanted to add something good to his bread, but she dared not;

5) Miss Martha began to take better care about her clothes and appearance;

6) the customer didn't notice how Miss Martha put some fresh butter inside his stale loaves;

7) Miss Martha imagined how pleased the customer would be to discover the butter in the loaves;

8) when the customer appeared in Miss Martha's bakery again his face was very red and his hair was in disorder;

9) the young man had to drag the customer away;

10) Mr. Blumberger cared so much about his plan;

11) he had been buying stale bread at Miss Martha's bakery;

12) his plan wasn't good for anything now;

13) Miss Martha changed her blue silk blouse to the old brown one she had worn before.

9. Explain what the following means in English, for example:

customer - A customer is a person who buys goods or services.

sympathetic - "Sympathetic" means "able to feel and show sympathy and concern for others, kind, compassionate, caring".

middle-aged

speak with an accent

stale bread

keep on doing something

discouraged

dare not do something

complexion

fire engine

seize the opportunity

a great deal of something

furiously

hurry

in disorder

ruin somebody

a prize competition

rub out the pencil lines