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Answer 1

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Victor Lustig was a man who made his living by making people believe things that were not true in order to get money from them. He (1) **changed** his name twenty-four times in his career to avoid identification and was arrested forty-seven times. He did many amazing things out; perhaps the (2) **most** incredible was (3) **when** he tried to sell the Eiffel Tower. He (4) **pretended** to be a senior civil servant and invited offers (5) **for** the Tower, based on the value of the metal when it (6) **was** pulled down. The man (7) **whose** offer was accepted was (8) **too** embarrassed to make (9) **a** fuss and Lustig, (10) **who** had made a lot of money from the deal, walked free.

Next he went on to try (11) **his** luck in America. In Oklahoma, he met a sheriff and sold him a machine supposed to be (12) **capable** of making thousand-dollar bills. The unfortunate sheriff was arrested for using illegal bills, but once again, Lustig (13) **managed** to get away. Then he went to Chicago, (14) **where** he tried to trick the gangster Al Capone into (15) **giving** him fifty thousand dollars. However, he did not (16) **succeed** and Capone's men soon showed him the door.

The American Secret Service were the people who finally brought him (17) **to** justice. They investigated Lustig and his affairs after he had tried to cheat the US government. Lustig was (18) **sentenced** to prison and it was there that he died in 1947. On his (19) **death** certificate, his occupation was described (20) **as** 'Apprentice Salesman'.

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Answer 2

Here’s the passage with the appropriate words filled in:

Victor Lustig was a man who made his living by making people believe things that were not true in order to get money from them. He (1) **changed** his name twenty-four times in his career to avoid identification and was arrested forty-seven times. He did many amazing things out; perhaps the (2) **most** incredible was (3) **when** he tried to sell the Eiffel Tower. He (4) **pretended** to be a senior civil servant and invited offers (5) **for** the Tower, based on the value of the metal when it (6) **was** pulled down. The man (7) **whose** offer was accepted was (8) **too** embarrassed to make (9) **a** fuss and Lustig, (10) **who** had made a lot of money from the deal, walked free.

Next he went on to try (11) **his** luck in America. In Oklahoma, he met a sheriff and sold him a machine supposed to be (12) **capable** of making thousand-dollar bills. The unfortunate sheriff was arrested for using illegal bills, but once again, Lustig (13) **managed** to get away. Then he went to Chicago, (14) **where** he tried to trick the gangster Al Capone into (15) **giving** him fifty thousand dollars. However, he did not (16) **succeed** and Capone's men soon showed him the door.

The American Secret Service were the people who finally brought him (17) **to** justice. They investigated Lustig and his affairs after he had tried to cheat the US government. Lustig was (18) **sentenced** to prison and it was there that he died in 1947. On his (19) **death** certificate, his occupation was described (20) **as** 'Apprentice Salesman'.

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