Mrs.Lesterkepton61（ask）herhusbandtotakehertotheballet.Mr.Lesterhatestheballetbutwhenhis62(employ)invitedhimandhiswifehecouldnotgetoutofit.Astheydrovetothetheatrethatevening63foggotworse

Question

Mrs. Lester kept on   61  （ask）her husband to take her to the ballet. Mr. Lester hates the ballet but when his   62  (employ) invited him and his wife he could not get out of it. As they drove to the theatre that evening  63   fog got worse and worse. The traffic slowed down to a walking pace and almost stopped. When they   64 (eventual) got to the theatre the ballet was over. Mrs. Lester could not work out how  65   had taken them so long to get there even taking the fog into account. The theatre was within walking   66  (distant) of their house.

A month later Mrs. Lester found out   67   had happened. Mr. Lester told a friend of his that he   68    (take) a wrong turning on purpose. This friend told his wife and the wife immediately went around to tell Mrs. Lester. The two women began to plan a revenge(报复). One day when Mr. Lester was not in they broke into his study   69   he always locked. His hobby was collecting old coins. They were taking some coins out of the case when they heard a car pull up outside the house. Mr. Lester came in and opened the door of the study. There was no chance for the women to get away without   70  (see).

Answer 1

61. asking    62. employer     63. the      64. eventually    65. it

66. distance   67. what    68.  had taken   69. which  70. being seen