GREAT HUNTER
More than one hundred years ago, there was a famous hunter named William Cody. Cody lived … (0) the time when the first railroads … (1) in the west. … (2) railroad workers needed food, but the West had no stores or supermarkets. There were no farms in the West in those days, … (3). There was, … (4), plenty of meat that could be used to feed the workers. The meat came … (5) buffaloes. The buffaloes … (6) in great herds in the West, but somebody had to shoot them for meat. One expert shooter … (7) the railroad found was William Cody. He … (8) to shoot when he had been a soldier. Now he … (9) a buffalo hunter. Cody was … (10) expert that he shot more than four thousand buffaloes in just one year and a half. That was … (11) meat for the railroad workers! William Cody became known … (12) Buffalo Bill. He was also known as the owner of a Wild West Show. … (13) 1883 he toured the USA and Europe with his show.

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2. a) Hundreds of b) Plenty c) Hundred d) Great amount of
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4. a) despite b) however c) although d) as well
5. a) from b)of c) after d) as
6. a) found b) were found c) found d) were founded
7. a) what b) that c) which d) when
8. a) had learned b) was learning c) was learned d) had been learning
9. a) had become b) becomes c) became d) has become
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