Streamline Connection - Unit 36

I. Use the words from the box to fill in the blanks.
border – arrived – empty – smuggler – retired – searched - suspicious
1. John Brown is a ________. He takes goods into the country without paying taxes.
2. There are a lot of mountains in the ________ between Vietnam and China.
3. She ________ everywhere in her room, but at last she couldn’t find the purse.
4. The house was almost ________; there was nothing inside.
5. When the police ________ at bank, the thieves had left in their car.
6. Her parents became ________ when she returned home very late at night during a week.
7. Mr. Green now has a lot of free time because he ________ last month.
II. Read the story carefully and find the mistakes in the summary below. There are eight of them.
Sam Lewis was a custom officer. He used to work in a big border town. Life wasn’t easy for him because the town was very quiet. He used to meet an old man twice a week. His name was Draper. The old man usually arrived at the border early in the evening. He drove a medium truck. The truck was always empty. The officer often searched the truck, but he found nothing. When Sam asked Draper about his job, he said, ‘I’m a driver.’
After Sam retired, he went on a cheap holiday. He met Draper at the restaurant. When he asked Draper what he was smuggling, he answered: ‘Trucks!”.
III. Answer the questions.
1. Where did Sam Lewis work?
2. How was his job?
3. How often did he meet the old man?
4. What did he find when searching the truck?
5. When did Sam retire?
6. Where did he meet Draper?
7. What was Draper smuggling?