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

G. Without looking at the previous exercises, fill the gaps with 
appropriate prepositions.
1. It was a brutal land and brutal times and the fights were usually 
................. the death.
2. As the time went .................. there were fewer and fewer fights.
3. If you want to keep ............... ............... trouble you should keep 
.............. .......... Scott.
4. Beauty Smith played nasty tricks ................. White Fang.
5. White Fang vented his anger ................ the other dogs.
6. White Fang started to look ..................... ..................... fighting 
with other dogs.
7. Weedon Scott was friends ....................... all the important people in 
Fort Yukon.
8. Beauty Smith managed to bring ................ the worst 
................White Fang.
9. Gray Beaver liked all alcohol but most .................. all he loved 
whiskey.
10. Beauty Smith fell into the snow and was ................. too much shock 
to move again.
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8. The rules on Judge Scott’s farm said that dogs slept 
outside.
9. Weedon’s wife let White Fang stay in the house for 
the night because she was afraid of Jim Hall.
10. When the family doctor saw White Fang, he didn’t 
believe that White Fang would survive.
C. These are some useful phrases from the story. Match the verbs 
from the left column to the expressions from the right column.
save
keep
give
commit
lie
miss
be
have
get
can’t
someone’s life
in the sun
against the rules
your promise
believe your own eyes
used to something /someone
the chance of your life to do something
someone a chance
a crime
confidence in someone