Part III. Fill in the numbered blanks in the passage with ONE suitable word from the box. There is ONE
extra word.
check
luggage
matter
minutes
got
delayed
informed
flight
local
Yesterday Tom was supposed to take a (16).............. from London to Paris. He (17).......... up very early,
put his (18)...............in the boot cf his car and tried to start the engine. It wouldn't start. Tom lifted the bonnet
but he couldn't see what the (19)........... could be. He immediately called his (20)..............garage to send a
mechanic at once. Fortunately, the garage had a man free and he was with Tom within ten minutes. He quickly
saw what the matter was. "You've run out of petrol," he said. Tom felt very foolish. "Why didn't I
(21).............everything last night?" he wondered. Despite all this, he got to the airport ontime. He heard an
announcement "Passengers on fliglt BA 292 to Paris are (22)............. that all flights to and from Paris are
(23)............due to a heavy snowfall last night". "If only I had decided to go by train" Tom thought.