EMERGENCY? WHAT EMERGENCY? Some people phone the emergency services for such unimportant reasons that it’s hard to believe these calls are real. Here are some examples that we’ve heard about from (1) _____. 1. “There’s a black cat in my garden. Black cats are such unlucky animals. Can someone please come and take it (2) _____?” 2. “There’s a big bright thing in the sky. I’m really (3) _____. I want someone to come and look, please.” (A police car went. It was the moon.) 3. “I’m trying (4) _____ ...

EMERGENCY? WHAT EMERGENCY?

Some people phone the emergency services for such unimportant reasons that it’s hard to believe these calls are real. Here are some examples that we’ve heard about from (1) _____.

1. “There’s a black cat in my garden. Black cats are such unlucky animals. Can someone please come and take it (2) _____?”

2. “There’s a big bright thing in the sky. I’m really (3) _____. I want someone to come and look, please.” (A police car went. It was the moon.)

3. “I’m trying (4) _____ a shop in the town centre and I can’t. I’m so tired that I’m almost in tears.”

These calls are amusing to read about, but they can (5) _____ very serious consequences. Every call takes about a minute. Perhaps that doesn’t sound like a very long time, but a minute might be critical to other people (6) _____ at the time who really have an emergency.

(Adapted from THiNK)

Read the following article and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 6.