20

The house was large and gloomy. Neither I nor my brother, Tom, was sure we wanted to live in it. But our parents liked it because it was much ………………… to the airport than our previous flat.

CLOSE

21

Yes, our dad worked in the airport as an air-traffic controller and it used to take ………………… ages to get to work from the centre of the city.

HE

22

Moving house was not an easy thing for our family, but mum said that we ………………… used to our new home very soon.

GET

23

While mum and dad ………………… the numerous boxes on the ground floor, we decided to explore the house. We started with the attic.

UNPACK

24

It was hot in the attic and it smelled of dust. No wonder —
everything there ………………… with a thick layer of dust.

COVER

25

The sun hardly reached through the small smoky window and it ………………… the attic look mysterious.

MAKE

26

There ………………… lots of old books and newspapers on the floor, and a few pieces of broken furniture.

BE

27

Here and there we could see spider webs and there were probably ………………… there too.

MOUSE

28

Both Tom and I felt a little bit scared but we ………………… to admit it to each other.
“Look here,” Tom Pointed to some object in the corner.
‘Tt was an old grand piano. It looked shiny and there was no dust on it...

NOT WANT