Question

[Chau Tu Minh]

I. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

                                              MR. THOMAS

                                                 Use word

HISTORY    CHEMIST    FASCINATE    BOIL    LONG    MEASURE                                   IDENTICAL    CONCLUDE    EXAMINE

Mr . Thomas was a teacher at our school. He ’ d trained as a ( 52 ) ............... ................. ... and usually taught history. He definitely wasn ’ t a scientist but for some strange reason he taught us ( 53 ) ............ ......... ...... ............................................. ...... for a term. His lessons were always ( 54 ) ............... ............... but that was mainly because his experiments always went wrong! If he was supposed to use ( 55 ) ......... ................. .............................. water for an experiment, Mr . Thomas would use cold water by mistake. Once, he was measuring the ( 56 ) .................................... ... of some pieces of sodium. I can’t remember exactly why he needed this (57) ....................................... but I think he wanted all the pieces to react (58) ....................................... As he picked up the ruler, his arm knocked over a jug of water and the sodium caught fire. He almost burnt the lab down and they had to call the fire brigade. I think after that Mr . Thomas came to the ( 59 ) ........................... ... that he should stick to history! I learnt a lot from him, though. Whenever there was a question in a science ( 60 ) ..................... ......... about what happens when sodium reacts with water. I always got the answer right!