DISCOURSE CLOZE 

The following is taken from the textbook. Read the passage and fill in the numbered spaces (there are more suggested answers than necessary)

     But she shook her head “I will do nothing to help you, nothing. "
     He stepped towards her. He put out his hands and . She struck at his hand with a knitting needle. He caught her arms and held them with one hand, while his free hand went to her neck, . He pulled it free. It was then that he heard her give a little cry, and her body fell back from him pulling at the hand. She was lying back in the chair. He let go of her arms: she made no move. 

     He stood there for a moment undecided. She was an old lady. . It couldn’t be true! She couldn’t be dead! She’d be all right in a few moments. 

     He went to the wall and found the picture . Nothing could be allowed to stop him now, not after all these weeks of work, listening to the servant talking to her friend  where she went on her night off. He learnt that , and that the key was on a chain round the old lady’s neck. He had done all that work to learn these things. 

     He put the jewel cases . When the safe was empty he went back to the old lady. He put his hand on her heart. It was true: . 

     Well, what did it matter? . She couldn’t tell the police the few little things that she had learned about him.