Questions 54 to 60 are based on Text 8.

Text 8

    The first time I remember seeing Josephine (54) ____ when I was working in a store. She was taking her dog for a walk and was doing her shopping when she (55) ____ into the store to buy some dog food. I remember being very impressed by her politeness and friendliness to the store owner. At the time I was staying in a house owned (56) ____ Cathy Kelly, another amazing lady who has this huge house which she keeps open to anyone who needs a bed for the night. There (57) ____ lots of us in the house, which was good for me as I was feeling particularly lonely and was suffering from culture shock. I still do, to a lesser extent. I finally met Josephine when Cathy introduced us at her house one day. Josephine was beautiful and kind to me when we finally spoke.

    I had left Vietnam a few weeks before and to cut a long story short, I ended up in Los Angeles. It was very strange, so different from what I knew back home. There was so much to do, so many (58) ____. Josephine took me to concerts and political meeting and sometimes to the theatre although I understood very little. We saw quite a lot of each other in those first few months. At one point we were seeing each other every day (59) ____ she was teaching me English.

    A few weeks ago, I told her that I wanted to go to college and she's trying to find out if it's possible. She says she will pay for my (60) ____. I am surprised that her family let her live alone. In my country, the whole family lives in the same house, old people and young. But if she didn’t live alone, I guess I wouldn't see her so often.

    I place great value on the friends Josephine has helped me make and on my friendship with her.

Taken from Reward Intermediate Student's Book, 2003

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