Ex-athlete taken in ... again - Unit 10

B2 First · Multiple Choice Cloze · Ready for B2 First 4th Edition, Macmillan Education Limited

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning.

robbed

mugged

lifted

stolen

runs

overtakes

works

holds

spoken

said

felt

told

part

hold

place

time

made

given

set

put

getaway

runaway

hideaway

takeaway

succeeded

managed

tricked

obtained

imprisoned

ordered

given

sentenced

The home of (0) ___ athlete Helen Barrett was burgled this weekend and a large number of sporting medals and trophies were (1) ___ . Ms Barrett, who now (2) ___ a successful sportswear company, is (3) ___ to be 'devastated' at the loss. The burglary took (4) ___ on Saturday afternoon when Ms Barrett went to investigate smoke coming from a wooded area in her large two-acre garden. The burglar is thought to have (5) ___ fire to undergrowth in order to attract Barrett out of the house. A young man carrying a large bag was seen climbing over the garden wall, before making his (6) ___ in a sports car. The theft comes just ten months after a similar incident in which a man posing as a telephone engineer had (7) ___ the ex-athlete into leaving the house while another helped himself to her jewels. The thieves were eventually caught and (8) ___ to four years in jail.

Ex-athlete taken in ... again.

earliest/rare

sooner

former

preceding

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