Chapter I a. Read this short version of the chapter. There are 3 things which didn’t really happen. Find them

the left, to the endings on the right.
to make
to have
to make
to attract
to come
to be
to give
to grow
to grow
to give
someone’s attention 
your body and soul to someone
no chance against someone
to like something
to see what is happening
him a lot of pleasure
a show of something
friends with someone
widely recognised as something
rich
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D. Without looking at Exercise C fill the gaps with the appropriate 
letters. One letter fits into one gap.
1. It was in the summer when White Fang
 t_ _ _ _ _ five 
that Gray 
Beaver took him on a great journey to the Yukon.
2. Unfortunately his character 
m_ _ _ _ _ _
his looks.
3.
 It didn’t t_ _ _ him l_ _ _ to
find out who White Fang belonged to.
4. And white men were 
no e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 
to this.
5. White Fang 
is not for s_ _ _ 
. He is the best dog I’ve ever had.
6. Gray Beaver 
g_ _ _ to
like whiskey a lot. Soon he wanted more and 
more of it.
7. 
F_ _ _ that day o_
, Beauty Smith visited Gray Beaver very often.
8. From the moment he had first seen Beauty Smith, he felt he should 
avoid him
 at all c_ _ _ _
.
E. Fill the gaps with the appropriate preposition from the box.
at on from as to by on out
with for out as with in
1. If Gray Beaver had been a more loving master, White Fang could 
have turned ................ different.
2. .................that time he had grown to be a strong and angry dog
3. As compared .................. the Indians he had known, they seemed to 
him a race of more powerful Gods.
4. And white men were no exception .................. this.
5. Then, if the master of the murdered dog came to see what was 
happening, he would take revenge ................... the other dogs, not on 
White Fang.
6. It didn’t take him long to find ................... who White Fang belonged to.
7. White Fang is not ................... sale.
8. He can kill other dogs ................. easily .................... men kill 
mosquitos.
9. .................... that day ..................., Beauty Smith visited Gray Beaver 
very often
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2. Beauty Smith offered Gray Beaver a ................. sum of money for 
the dog.
3. This time he tied the dog with a ................. chain which was stronger 
than White Fangs teeth.
4. White Fang became a lonely and ................. enemy of other dogs.
5. White Fang became a ................. expert at it, and while Gray Beaver 
was selling furs to the white gods, White Fang made it his ................. 
occupation to kill their dogs.
6. Beaty Smith’s eyes lit up at this and he licked his ................. lips with 
his yellow tongue.
7. If Gray Beaver had been a more ................. master, White Fang 
could have turned out different.
8. It was in Fort Yukon that White Fang saw his first ................. men.
9. An hour passed and White Fang recognised the ................. 
footsteps.
10. No sooner had White Fang laid down to rest than Gray Beaver put 
a ................. rope around his neck.