PET Reading Part 5
Lucky Escape
After having saved (0) ........ years the Clarke family were finally in a position to see their
dream come true. They (1) ........ ready to travel from Scotland to start a new life (2) ........
America.
The (3) ........ family were very excited about their (4) ........ by ship across the Atlantic.
However, just days before their departure, one of their sons was bitten by a dog. Their
plans fell through when they were told they (5) ........ not be able to travel because of the
possibility (6) ........ boy could have rabies.
The family were devastated and the father went to the docks to watch the ship that he had
hoped would (7) ........ them to their new life depart. As he stood on the harbour thinking
about his son, he watched the ship and wondered (8) ........ the family would ever get to
make the journey.
However, soon (9) ........ this disappointment the father discovered how fortunate the family
had been. The son did not have rabies and a few days later the news came (10) ........ the
ship the Clarke family should have been on had sunk. The Titanic had gone down with
hundreds of people losing their lives.
Gap 1 Gap 6
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Gap 5 Gap 10
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