This wonderful plane can     1     seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can     2     anywhere: on snow, water. … The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a     3     island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him….

Lesson1: …The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three     1    .

…Many of the cars broke     2     on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them! A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car reached     3     speed of forty miles an hour—    4     faster than any of its rivals.

Lesson2: ...Though she     5     for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window. The assistant     6     served her did not like the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornfully, he told her that the dress     7    . The woman walked out of the shop angrily and decided to punish the assistant next day. She returned the shop the following morning     8     in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other.

...Not realizing who she was, the assistant was     9     to serve her this time.     10     great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. As soon as she saw it, the woman said she did not like it.