Cloze 5

It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Kerugesu were window shopping at a shopping centre. As
they stood outside a boutique, Mr. Kerugesu spotted a shiny new ___1___ machine.

"Look! It's ___2___ of those modern computerized machines that tells your weight and gives you your
fortune at the ___3___ time. I think I shall try it," he told his ___4___.

Mrs. Kerugesu, however, was not too keen ___5___ the idea.

"Let's ___6___ bother. I don't ___7___ in fortune telling," she said.

Mr. Kerugesu, however, insisted ___8___ trying the machine. He was very curious to ___9___ out his
'fortune'. He stepped on the machine and ___10___ a fifty cent coin. There was a soft buzzing ___11___
from the machine. A few seconds ___12___ , a slip of paper emerged. Mrs. Kerugesu took the slip and
___13___ it out to her husband:

"Your fortune: You are a clever and ___14___ person. If you are working, you will become an employee
that ___15___ boss would be proud of. You will become a good leader ___16___ men. Everyone will
listen to you ___17___ you speak. ___18___ you lead, everyone will follow."

Mrs. Kerugesu paused ___19___ breath.

"It's got your weight ___20___ too," she added.

Cloze 6
Sandwiches make a delicious snack any time. They are a common ___1___ at picnics and teas.
Interestingly enough, the sandwich is the invention of ___2___ eighteen century English Earl called John
Montagu. Montagu was addicted ___3___ card games. he would play these games ___4___ his friends
for long stretches of ___5___ . Often, he even found it ___6___ bothersome to stop his games ___7___
meals.

One day, ___8___ the middle of a game, Montagu was served a meal of sliced meat ___9___ bread. At
that time, Montagu was playing the game that ___10___ its players to cover cards one on top ___11___
another. As Montagu looked at ___12___ the game and his food, an idea came to his ___13___.

"I can do the same with my food ___14___ well," he thought.

He took a slice of bread, ___15___ a piece of meat on it and covered that with ___16___ slice of bread.
Montagu was very pleased with his invention ___17___ it allowed him to play cards with one hand and
eat his meal with the ___18___.

Montagu's friends quickly caught ___19___ to his idea and they named the new invention ___20___
him. As Montagu's full title was 'the Earl of Sandwich', the new invention became known as a 'sandwich'.