Today Melissa Livingstone is a popular actress and star of the TV soap
opera 'Round the Corner'. But as a child she was very unhappy. She
didn't do well at school, and she never went to college. Her
greatest pleasure was going to the (cinema). Her family lived in an
unattractive town and their home was next to the (station). Melissa's
father, Tom, was a sailor, and he spent months at sea. He was
hardly ever at home and when he was, he didn't do very much.
Sometimes he spent all day in bed. Melissa's mother, Susan, had to
get up at five o'clock every day to go to work. When Tom lost his
job he stole a gold cup from the church) Susan used to go to. He had to
go to prison for a year. Melissa's mother was horrified at the
shame he had brought on the family.
(1) the (meals) we had weren't very good. We had (2) breakfast in
the hotel, and that wasn't too bad. We usually went out for (3) lunch because (4) the (lunch) they served in the hotel was always the
same. And (5) the (dinner) we had at the hotel on our first evening was
pretty awful, so we tried a few restaurants. On our last evening we had
(6) a (marvelous meal) in (7) a Chinese restaurant. I wish we'd
discovered (8) the place a bit sooner.