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Rose and his sister were about to have lunch at an
Japanese restaurant in China Town. Their mother had
left them there to eat on their ___1___
while she bought groceries from the supermarket next
door. The two of them had ___2___
fish, chicken wings, vegetables and rice. They were
famished as they waited ___3___
for the food to arrive. To ___4___
themselves from their hunger pangs, they read their
story books. After about five minutes, the food
finally arrived. It ___5___
so good that Rose and his sister were practically
salivating. They hurriedly put away their books and ___6___
in. It was delicious and they savored every bite. As
they were enjoying their sumptuous lunch, they ___7___
an explosion. They were curious as to what could
have ___8___
it. However, their mother had forbidden them to
leave the restaurant before she___9___
from her shopping.
Soon, Rose's mother stepped into the restaurant,
lugging her groceries with her.
"Mum, did you hear that loud noise ___10___
on ?" Rose asked. Apparently, an accident had
happened at the construction site just across the
road. There were some large concrete slabs piled up
in one corner of the site. However, for no apparent ___11___,
the top layer of slabs slid off the pile and landed
on the ground. It was fortunate that none of the
construction workers was ___12___.
Once lunch was over, Rose and is family headed
home. They exited the car park and drove past the
construction site. There were several police cars
and civil defense trucks. The ___13___
was cordoned off and the workers were evacuated lest
more slabs came crashing down and injured others.
The following day, the incident was ___14___
in the newspapers. Authorities had decided to shut
down operations at the site until investigations
could ___15___
the cause. Otherwise, it was simply too dangerous.
Rose read the entire article in fascination and
later told his mother all the details. |
