Fill the gaps below with a, an, the or ——
One of __________ wealthiest people in the state
________ ruined man
________ Swiss immigrant who came to _________ California
_________ state of ____________ California was ___________ distant outpost
just ___________ few hundred residents
12,000 head of _________ cattle
tricking in by ____________ wagon and __________ ship
________ trickle became __________ flood (= ________ deluge)
__________ glint caught his eye
half ___________ size of ________ pea
made ___________ statement to _____________ Congress
_____________ news was telegraphed to every ________ village
They mortgaged ________ farms and banded together to form __________ joint stock companies
____________ year of _______ pain in return for _________ lifetime of _______ riches
By early 1849, it was _________ epidemic
In new California, he was simply in ___________ way
The man who had ___________ best opportunity never even tried
What story do all of the sentences above tell, do you think? How are they all connected to the story?
Read the story on the first page of Unit 3 and check
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