Matt is a primary school student who loves playing with little animals. One day, when he was on     1     (he) way to school, he saw a homeless cat sitting in a box. It was a black-and-white cat with bright eyes. The cat was so cute     2     Matt couldn’t help playing with it.

The longer Matt played with     3     (a/the) cat, the more he liked it. The little cat followed him as he left for school. Matt then decided     4     (take) the cat to school with him. He put the cat in his schoolbag     5     (and/but) went to school happily.

After Matt entered the class, he told some     6     (classmate) about the cat. As he opened the schoolbag to show them the cat, it suddenly jumped out and     7     (start) running around the classroom. It even jumped onto the teacher’s desk! Everyone in class was     8     (excited) than ever before. Just at that time, the teacher came in and caught the cat     9     (quick). Matt felt embarrassed and his face turned red.

To Matt’s surprise, the teacher came up to him     10     a smile, saying, “ Matt, it’s nice of you to lend a helping hand to homeless animals, but you are not allowed to take it to school.

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While 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 was struck by a heavy statue.but he was     1     to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes,for the men     2     and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving. Mr. Taylor rushed out and     3     it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves..