Chapter 1 ----Preparing for the journey [30 gaps]

Rosa is from Spain. She lives in a _____ flat in Madrid with her mother.

Rosa’s ______ is called Maruja.

Tomorrow is a ___ day for Rosa. She is going to the _______. She is _____ to

London. She will stay with an _______ family in Wembley, West London.

Maruja is a little ___. She likes her ________, but tomorrow she will have to

say goodbye.

Rosa is putting three books in her ________. Maruja is watching her. The

suitcase looks very _____.

"Do you need all those books?" Maruja asks.

"Yes, mummy! The ______ book is a Spanish English dictionary and the ___

one is a Tourist Guide to London."

"But do you need that big, _____ book?"

"Yes, of course, _____! The black book’s very _________. It’s about

________. My English ______ has two _____ children and I’m going to look

after them."

Rosa is very interested in children. Last year, she studied Psychology at

________. Maruja likes children too, but she does not know about Psychology.

"But, Rosa ... the black book’s in Spanish! It’s about _______ children!"

"No, mummy! It’s about ________ children. We’re all Europeans now! My

psychology book’s _____________!"

"I don’t know about __________, but I know about you. You’re my ______.

You’ve got Spanish ________ and habits."

"What do you mean, mummy?"

"I mean that you have a good Catholic _________, you like good ____, you have

_____ at 3 p.m. and ______ at 10 p.m. You like sun and you don’t like rain.

_______ children are different!"