tower to see _________ was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight _______ a figure ________ he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar ____ surprise.

'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you ____ surprise.'

'You certainly _______ give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village ____ well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'

That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, __________ I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and ______ is nothing I can do about it."

We'll get used _____ that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good _____one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

Lesson 3 An unknown goddess 无名女神

Some time ago, _____ interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple _____ stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been ___________(prosperity) , for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses -- often three storeys high -- were built of stone. They had large rooms ____ beautifully _____________(decorate) walls. The city was equipped _______ a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets. The temple which the archaeologists explored was used _______ a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. _______ Roman times. In the most sacred room of temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains ________(date) from the fifteenth century B.C. It's _______(miss) head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must _______________(find) in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists _______________(construct) the fragments, they were ________(amaze)to find that the goddess turned_________ to be a very modern-___________(look) woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hips. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. ___________ her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, _________far, the archaeologists have been___________(able) to