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1. The famous composer Rakhmaninov was also a very good pianist. When he was a small boy he __________ to play at a home party.       (ask)
2. at ______ place.    (friend) 
3. Though he was only eight it was not his ______ time.   (one)
4. He was quite experienced in _____ the piano and did it well. (play)
5. At that concert he was to play one of Beethoven's ____.    (sonata)
6. It must be mentioned that there ____ several very long intervals in that sonata.   (be)
7. In each of these intervals the boy took _____ hands off the keyboard and waited.  (he)
8. During one of these intervals the old mother of the hostess ____ to him and said, (come up)
9. "My boy, why don't you play something that you know much ____?  (good)
10. Winston Churchill was a famous British ______.         (policy) 
11. He was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1874. He studied at the Royal Military College. After he completed his _____ in 1896, he became a _____ for a newspaper. (educate journal)
12. Three years later  he went into politics. He become a Prime Minister in 1940. He was very popular. The people loved him for his _____ and wisdom.   (strong)
13. He helped his country very much during the _____ World War   (two)
14. He lived ______ with Clementine Hozier. He died at home in 1965. He was 91 years old.  (happy) 
15. I've met lots of nice people in my life but Tommy has always been my best friend. I met him at school when he was a funny red-haired boy. His father was a famous opera ___.  (sing)
16. Sometimes Tommy's mother took us to his father's _____. (perform)
17. Tommy's parents had a big beautiful house and he had a lot of ____ toys. (expense)
18. But all those things were not important. What brought us together in our ______ was the nobby we shared. (child)
19. We both enjoyed reading science fiction and adventure books about pirates and _____. We had lots of adventures ourselves. (travel)
20. Tommy was brave and was always ready to stand for me. I knew that I could rely oh him in any ______ situation. (danger)

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