I Can't Travel Without ...
I Can't Travel Without ...
I Can't Travel Without ...
Mel Calman, the cartoonist, jokes …(3)… filling his suitcase with tranquillisers and
three different kinds of toothbrushes after recent, expensive dental treatment, but it is
his diary and sketch-book that are always with him when he is on the move. “I don’t
keep a diary except when I’m away. I start a new one each trip now since I lost
irreplaceable notes on two …(4)… trips on a bus in the States”
Richard Branson, who recently launched Virgin Atlantic Airways, believes …(5)…
travelling light. “Suntan lotion for my nose and my notebooks which are my lifeline. But
I will always sling in a …(6)… of cards. I love a game of cards, particularly bridge,
canasta or spades, but I’m not a gambler.”
Barry Norman, the film critic, who never travels anywhere without his credit card.
“The days of anyone being stranded abroad are now …(7)… . I remember once, before
credit cards were common, the Daily Mail sent me to Italy at a moment’s notice. It was a
bank holiday. I …(8)… no money and the banks were shut. There I was in Milan …(9)… a
beautiful sunny day sitting in my hotel because it was the only place I could eat or drink
because I could sign for it.”
Frank Muir, The TV scriptwriter and humorist, never …(10)… off on a journey without packing his
Swiss Army penknife. “It does everything.” He says, “it has about 140 things that come out. It
opens bottles, gets things out of horse hooves, it has scissors, screwdrivers, tweezers. I never
go anywhere without it and I have never used it.”
1. A with B in C for D at
2. A - B or C either D but
3. A with B about C over D at
4. A before B last C previous D early
5. A in B on C at D about
6. A pack B packet C bunch D set
7. A finish B end C back D over
8. A didn’t have B hadn’t C didn’t had D had
9. A - B on C in D at
10. A sets B starts C parts D travels
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
WRITE A SHORT PARAGRPH ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN’T TRAVEL WITHOUT AND
WHY THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO YOU:
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. A
SYNONYMS
1. lets him
2. tiny
3. on the move
4. launched
5. particularly
6. stranded
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