Lesson51 Reward for virtue My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a_____. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he ____ out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list ____ most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a____. I rang the bell and was not _____ to see that Herbert was still as _____ as ever. He ____ me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was _____ that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him ____ he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to _____ himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets! Lesson52 A pretty carpet We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in_____. This has not been easy ____ I ___ over a thousand books. To _____ matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have _____ put my books on the floor. At the moment, they _____ every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big ____ when she saw all those books on the floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' she said. She gazed ____ it for some time then____, 'You don't need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your ____ time and read the carpet!'