Mr Sherlock Holmes (0 – sit) __was sitting__ one morning at the breakfast table in his room in Baker Street. His friend Dr Watson (1 – stand) near the window examining a walking stick which a visitor (2 – leave) the day before. “To Dr Mortimer, from his friend,” (3 – write) upon it.
Sherlock Holmes suddenly (4 – turn) to Watson , “The owner of the stick (5 – have) a dog which (6 – be) larger than a terrier and smaller than a mastiff.” Watson was surprised. “How you (7 – know) ?”
“I (8 – examine) that stick carefully and (9 – notice) the marks of the dog’s teeth on it,” answered Holmes. “They (10 – be) too broad for a terrier and not broad enough for a mastiff. I suppose the dog often (11– carry) the stick behind its master.It is a spaniel.”
After breakfast Holmes came up to the window. Watson (12 – think) for a second and then asked how he (13 – can) be so sure of that.
“I (14 – be) sure of it because I (15 – see) the dog with its master at our door. I (16 – wonder) why the visitor (17 – want) to see Mr Sherlock Holmes. Well, we soon (18 –find out) !”

More People Who Changed the World
Have you ever stood in a lift and wondered if it can crash to the ground?
There’s no need to worry! In 1854, the American engineer Elisha Graves Otis invented a safety brake (8) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer. Three years later he designed the first passenger lifts in the United States. Thanks to Otis, people no longer had to climb hundreds of stairs (9) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer, and so buildings could be much taller. Thanks to Otis we have skyscrapers today!
The telescope was invented in Holland in 1608. The Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei heard about this new invention in 1609 and soon he built his own telescope. He used it to prove his theory (10) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer. He also used it to make important discoveries about the Moon, the planets and the stars. Thanks to Galileo, we now know much more (11) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer.
In 1925 the American inventor Clarence Birdseye created the world’s first quick-frozen food. He was able to develop a freezing process which kept food fresh and tasty. He then invented a fast-freezing machine (12) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer. As a result of his work, there is now a lot of different kinds of frozen food which you can buy (13) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer.
Our world of modern global communications began on 4 October, 1957, when the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into space – it was the first (14) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer. It was invented by aircraft engineer and rocket designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov, but because of the Cold War, people all around the world didn’t know about his success until (15) about our universebecause it was very popularfor stopping a lift in dangerous situationsin shops and supermarketsman-made orbiting satellitemany years after his deathso no one believed itthat the Earth orbited the Sunto reach higher floorswhich later became a commercial freezer. Also thanks to Korolyov, Yuri Gagarin made the first manned space flight in 1961.

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1. A set of letters in a fixed order used for writing the words of a particular language
h (8)
2. A book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains what they mean
o (10)
3. A word that means the opposite of another word
y (7)
4. A word that means the same as another word
o (7)
5. Another word for a book, or one of a series of books
e (6)
6. A book of maps is called an/a
a (5)
7. A picture, shape, mark or letter used to represent something
b (6)
Reference Books
Reference books are not designed to be read from the first page to the last but rather to be consulted to answer questions and give both general and specific pieces of information.
One of the most widely-used reference books is a dictionary, which provides information about words. It lists meanings and spellings, tells how a word is pronounced, gives examples of how it is used, may show its origins and also lists synonyms and antonyms. To help you to find the word faster, there are guide words at the top of each page showing the first and the last words on the page – and of course it helps to know the alphabet! There may be many special sections at the backwith facts about famous people and places, list of dates and scientific names, etc. There is usually a section at the front explaining how to use the dictionary.
An encyclopedia comes as either a set of books or a single large volume and is nearly always arranged alphabetically. As information changes so fast, encyclopedias have to be brought up to date regularly – this is easier if the information is in electronic format.
An atlas is also a reference book and contains charts, tables and geographical facts, as well as maps. Political maps locate countries and cities, physical maps showthe formation of the land with its mountains and valleys, and economic maps show industries and agriculture. To find a specific place, you need to look in the index at the back of the atlas and find a reference number which will indicate the correct page and the exact position on the map. There are a lot of map symbols that you need to know in order to be able to read a map – almost like a special language – and these are explained at the front of the atlas.