£200M Art Stolen

Paintings by Monet, Rembrandt, and Degas (a) ___________________ (steal) from the Boston Museum.

Yesterday afternoon two thieves wearing police uniforms arrived at the museum and asked the guard (b) __________ (show) them Monet’s paintings. They said that they (c) __________ (receive) a telephone call at the police station that morning telling them that the paintings were in danger. The guard immediately let them (d) __________ (see) the paintings. The thieves told him (e) __________ (turn off) the alarm system and then suddenly they made him (f) __________ (lie) on the ground and they tied his arms and legs. They worked very quickly and carefully and when they (g) __________ (collect) the best paintings they (h) __________ (leave) the museum quietly and calmly through the front door. The director of the museum, Karen Haas said:

‘The thieves (i) __________ (take) our best pictures. I (j) _________ (work) here for12 years and I can’t believe that this (k) __________ (happen). How did they manage (l) __________ (take) them so easily? They might (m) __________ (try) (n) __________ (sell) them to an art collector in Europe, but this will be difficult because the paintings are so well known. If they (o) __________ (not be) so well known, it would (p) __________ (be) easier (q) __________ (sell) them. We have decided (r) __________ (employ) more guards, and a new alarm system (s) __________ already __________ (put) in. I’m sure the police will find the thieves and our paintings, but they think it might (t) __________ (take) a long time.’

Vocabulary

Exercise 11 Multi-word verbs

Match a line in A with a line in B.

A	B
I didn’t know the word,	but I picked it up quite easily.
I used to enjoy smoking,	I’ll look after it.
People say French is difficult,	so I looked it up.
Don’t worry about the cat,	but I gave it up.

Exercise 12 Prepositions

Put the correct preposition into each gap.

1. I’ve been reading a story __________ two girls who travelled round the world.

2. I sold my car __________ £2,000.

3. If that machine weren’t __________ of order, I’d get you a drink.

4. Do you believe __________ UFOs?

5. He said that she was too young to buy alcohol and that it was __________ the law.

6. Let me pay __________ the drinks.

Exercise 13 Words that go together

Match a line in A with a line in B.

A	B		A	B
never	story		narrow	concert
wear	a lift		get	glasses
wait	the truth		sun	in computers
drive	patiently		pop	forecast
tell	weight		rain	path
detective	a uniform		interested	heavily
lose	carefully		weather	ready
give someone	mind