| 20.When Marylin retired from her job, it seemed to her that life had lost its meaning. For the __________________ time in her life she felt that nobody needed her. | ONE |
| 21. Marylin’s husband Rick kept working, and Marylin felt terribly lonely during the long weekdays. This continued until one day she went for a walk and saw her neighbour cutting down a tree in __________________ backyard. | HE |
| 22. “What __________________ ?” asked Marylin. “Why are you cutting it?” – “It’s dead,” the neighbour answered. | HAPPEN |
| 23.“What are you going to do with it?” asked Marylin admiring the beautiful tree. – “I __________________ ,” said the neighbour grumpily. “Burn it?” | NOT KNOW |
| 24. “I will give you 20 dollars if you let me have it,” the words came out before Marylin had time to think. She suddenly remembered her grandfather’s workshop. He made the ________________ furniture in town and taught her – his only grandchild – how to work the wood. | GOOD |
| 25. The neighbour stopped __________________ the tree. | CUT |
| 26. “You’ve got a deal!” he said. “I __________________ it to your yard in my truck!” Together, they cut the tree into smaller pieces and loaded the neighbour’s truck. | DRIVE |
| 27.As soon as the tree was in Marylin’s yard, she went to the hardware store to buy tools and machines. When Rick came back home that night, he __________________ to find that half of the garage had been turned into a workshop. | SURPRISE |
| 28.From that time onwards Marylin made Christmas presents for all her __________________ herself, and what’s more, her life became meaningful again. | GRANDCHILD |
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