took a long time to send them.____________ , the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet _______ fax____________(inform)the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had________________(origin) been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent_______prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax _____which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while _______________(count )the 1,084 steps _____________ (lead) to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president s palace.

Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab砸橱窗抢劫

The expensive shops in a famous near Piccadilly were just "opening”. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new display. Two of his assistants _______________(work) busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been ________________(beautiful) arranged on a background of black velvet. After ____(gaze) at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.

The silence was suddenly broken _________ a large car, _____ its headlights on and its home___________(blare), roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's. One man stayed at the wheel ________ two others with black stocking over their faces jumped out _________ smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. ____________ this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves ____________(strike) by a heavy statue, ____ he was too busy _______(help) himself to diamonds __________(notice) any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at ____ fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it ___________(throw) ashtrays and vases, but it was ____________(possible) to stop the thieves. They had got away with ___________(thousand) of pounds worth of diamonds.