1 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
gap. Use only one word in each gap.
‘Ross? Ross?’ I woke up gradually and realised that someone
(1) calling my name. I slowly opened my eyes and saw
(2) tall, friendly-looking man standing in front of me. The
room I was in, (3) looked like a hospital room, was clean and
fresh. (4) man next to my bed spoke. ‘You’re in hospital,’ he
(5) me. ‘Can you remember what happened to you?’
I guessed that I must (6) had an accident of some kind, but I
had no memory of it. I tried to lift my arm to reach a glass of water next
to my bed, then almost screamed. There was a sharp pain in my chest.
The doctor smiled sympathetically and told me (7) to move.
He explained that I (8) been involved in a car accident.
‘You’ve broken a few ribs,’ he said. ‘I’ll (9) you an injection
for the pain, and then as soon (10) you’re feeling better, we’ll
get you something to eat.’
