Wanted: A Large Biscuit Tin A company of biscuit manufacturers asked listeners to bake biscuits during a radio programme. They would pay 10 dollars a pound to buy the biggest biscuit. This competition caused a tremendous response. Shortly afterwards, all shapes and sizes of biscuits began to arrive at the factory. A woman sent a biscuit which weighed 500 pounds on a wheel barrow. A little later, a man carried a biscuit which occupied the boot of his car. All the biscuits were weighed carefully. The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed that this would win the prize for sure. But just before the competition is over, a huge biscuit was sent to the factory by a lorry. The biscuit which weighed almost 2400pounds had been baked by a college student. He had used thousands pounds of various ingredients. It was so heavy that a crane was used to remove it from the lorry. The manufacturers paid much more than they had expected, for they bought the biscuit for 24000 dollars.

The Cutty Sark Both these ships set out from shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England. At first, the Cutty Sark took the lead on the Indian Ocean. But during the race, she was struck by a heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away. The crew made a temporary rudder on board and fitted it with great difficulty. This greatly reduce the speed of the ship. For if she travelled too fast, she would lost this rudder as well. Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead. After crossing the Equator, the captain stopped the ship at a port to have a new rudder fitted at tremendous speed. But by now the other ship the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead. The Cutty Sark arrived in England a week later than the Thermopylae. Even this was remarkable as she had had so many delays. There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.

A Skeleton in the Cupboard George showed me to ( is the word ‘to’ necessary here) the guestroom which was rarely used. He told me to unpack my baggage and then come down to dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang a suit in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and was frightened by the skeleton dangling inside. The sudden movements of the door make it sway slight as if it was about to leap out at me. I dashed down stairs to tell George. George was unsympathetic. ‘That was Sebastina,’ he said with a smile.’ you forget that I was a medical student once upon a time.’

secret or secrets, why We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some (secret or secrets) which (has or have) been concealed from strangers for years.

A Weekend with Sebastian I told George that I couldn’t spent the night with a skeleton in the cupboard of my room. However, George refused to move it as there was nowhere to put it. I on the bed for a couple of hours. I felt very uncomfortable and could not fall asleep. At last, I decided to get up and move the skeleton out of the cupboard. I walked around the house, looking for somewhere to put him. I walked downstairs when the maid was just going upstairs to sleep. In the dim light, she caught sight of me and the skeleton. She screamed and fled into her room, slamming the door. Hearing the scream, George appeared on scene. We knocked at the door and explained to the maid that it was Sebastian. George was a medical student in his youth before becoming a detective stories’ writer. Two years later, I happened to read about myself and Sebastian in one of George’s detective stories.

Composition 23 On walking into the hall, we were surprised that there were snails everywhere. They were talking a walk on walls, ceiling. They had taken complete possession of the hall. We had to collect them. Robert and I spent almost an hour picking up the snails on the floor, wall, and ceiling. We had no sooner sat down than we saw with dismay that there were snails on ladders and coat pockets. So we proceeded to catch them. I was not too upset by the experience. Because the snails we had collected was only a meal for one. I didn’t have to have them whom I find repulsive.

One Men’s Meat Is Another Man’s Poinson Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen of snails wandering in my garden and took them to Robert. Robert was pleased with both of my visiting and the little gift. I left the paper bag which contained snails in the hall and went into the living room where Robert and I talked for a few hours. I had forgotten all about the snails until Robert suddenly said that he would treat me for dinner. Of course, snails would be the main dish. I didn’t fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. To our surprise, there were snails everywhere. They had escaped from the paper bag and were strolling in the hall. I have never been able to look at snails ever since.

By heart The curtain went up on the final act of the play. We could see the aristocrat sitting alone in his dark cell. Just then, the geoler came on to the stage with a letter in his hands. He walked into the cell and handed the letter to the prisoner who was supposed to read it. The letter had not been written out in full as usual. It was just a blank sheet of paper, for the geoler played a joke on his fellow actor. He wanted to see whether his colleagues, after so many performances, had learnt his liners by heart. The aristocrat stared at the letter for a few seconds, squinting his eyes and said:’ the light is very dim. Read the letter to me.’ Then he passed the letter to the geoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the geoler said:’ The light is indeed dim. I have to get my glasses.’ With this, the geoler hurried off the stage and returned with a pair of glass, holding the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

Daneil Mendoza A boxing match was held between Mendoza and the most eminent boxer Humphries. The public bet large sums of money on Mendoza. But he was defeated. He did not beat Humphries until the third match, then became the Champion. Meanwhile, he founded a successfully Academy. He earned lots of money, and was paid as much as 100 pounds for a single appearance. Despite of this, he was very extravagant. So that he was always in debt. He spent the last few years of his life in prison for failing to pay the debts and quickly forgotten.