Gap filling - Big Survival Cats

Big Survivals - One out of nine lives?

Fill the gaps with the words below!

There are also extra words you do not need to use.

Journey across China

Dr Chen, a doctor …………. in Beijing, decided one morning ……………. her cat away. Dr Chen thought ……………… it was …………. better for the animal to live in the country. So she put Wei Wei in her car and drove more …………… 100 kilometres out of the city to her brother's house and left the cat ……………. him. …………. month later she was shocked …………….. that Wei Wei was no longer there! …………….. one night Dr Chen heard a noise …………… her bedroom window. Unable to sleep she got ……………. bed and was surprised to see a thin cat looking in. She chased the cat …………. and went back to bed. Then, just ……….. she was about to fall ………….., something landed on her bed. "It ……………… me a real fright and then I realised it was …………… cat and the cat was Wei Wei!" Now Dr Chen says she will never …………….. Wei Wei away again!

Trip on roof

Mr Ndobe left …………… house one morning and there, as ……………, was his cat, Zulu, sitting …………… his car. Mr Ndobe, a South African businessman, chased Zulu away and then …………… his car and drove to work. Heavy traffic …………… the morning meant that Mr Ndobe was unable to drive very …………… so he was surprised to see a police car behind …………… with flashing lights. As Mr Ndobe slowed down to pull over he …………… shocked to see something large and grey slide down the car's windscreen. It was Zulu and he was ……………! The policeman …………… his car and told the owner that he saw the cat and thought it was a toy …………… carried on the roof as a joke. Now Mr Ndobe always checks Zulu is not near the car …………… he drives to work!

A night frozen to the ground

Mrs Spears, an office cleaner from Chicago, arrived …………… work one cold, winter morning. The temperature was …………… low and it was …………… to snow. …………… to go inside and get warm she was …………… to see something large and still outside the office door. She looked …………… and was shocked …………… it was a cat frozen to the ground. Mrs Spears realised the cat was alive but …………… to move so she wrapped …………… up in her coat. When the office workers came …………… they too put …………… coats around the cat. Eventually he started to move and open his eyes. They carried him …………… the office, put him near a heater and gave him …………… warm milk to drink. Now he lives in the office and …………… a new name: "Lucky"!