Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. THANKS A MILLION Percy Ross was born in 1916 in Michigan. His parents has come to the USA from Latvia and Russia and the family were poor. But Percy soon showed a talent (31) ________ business and made a fortune in the fur trade and auction business. Then disaster struck and he (32) _________ all his money. But he soon made a fortune again - this time by ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

THANKS A MILLION

Percy Ross was born in 1916 in Michigan. His parents has come to the USA from Latvia and Russia and the family were poor. But Percy soon showed a talent (31) ________ business and made a fortune in the fur trade and auction business. Then disaster struck and he (32) _________ all his money. But he soon made a fortune again - this time by (33) _________ plastic bags. In 1969, he sold his plastic bag company for millions of dollars. Ross started giving away in 1977: he gave $50,000 to 50 Vietnamese refugees so that they could make a new home in the USA. (34) ___________ he held a Christmas party for 1,050 poor children in the American town of Minneapolis. Ross bought a bike for every one of the 1,050 children at the party. After these first experiences of giving money away, Ross decided to do it on a (35) __________ basis. He started a newspaper column called „Thanks a Million’, and later a radio show, in order to give away his money. It took years, but Ross finally succeeded in giving away his entire fortune. Percy Ross was born in 1916 in Michigan. His parents has come to the USA from Latvia and Russia and the family were poor. But Percy soon showed a talent (31) ________ business and made a fortune in the fur trade and auction business.

But Percy soon showed a talent (31) ________ business and made a fortune in the fur trade and auction business.