Two British policemen were (17)__________ to investigate a flying saucer on March 31, 1989, the day before April Fool’s Day. When the policemen arrived at a field in Survey, they saw a small figure wearing a silver space (18)__________ walking out of a spacecraft. Immediately the police ran off in the opposite direction. Reports revealed that the alien was in fact a small person, and the flying saucer was a hot air balloon that had been specially built to look (19)__________ a UFO by Richard Branson, the 36-year-old chairman of Virgin Records.
Branson had planned to (20)__________ the balloon in London’s Hyde Park on April 1. However, a wind change had brought him down in a Survey field. The police received a lot of phone calls from terrified motorists as the balloon drifted over the motorway. One lady was so (21)__________ by the incident that she was crying as she was (22)__________ the UFO to a radio station.
- A. run B. sent C. spent D. come
- A. suit B. cloth C. denim D. linen
- A. like B. as C. for D. after
- A. fly B. land C. erupt D. collapse
- A. pleasing B. terrific C. shocked D. amazed
- A. telling B. saying C. phoning D. describing
