6. Fill in the missing phrasal verbs.

1. The car slowed down as they passed Customs.

2. They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.

3. Get on with your homework!

4. He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.

5. The game was called off because of rain.

6. Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.

7. The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip.

8. As the ball is in play at this point, he risks being run out if the bowler spots him out of his ground.

7. Find the information in the text and describe:

1) Sebastian’s two days in Buenos Aires; his visit to the British Embassy;

2) Don Pedro’s plan to bring counterfeit money to Great Britain;

3) Harry, Emma and Giles’s meeting with sir Alan;

4) Sir Alan’s visit to the director of the Tate Gallery;

5) The arrival of the Thinker in Great Britain; the government’s secret operation;

6) The auction at Sotheby’s;

7) The failure of Don Pedro’s plan; his reaction to it, his idea of getting back at the Cliftons and Giles Barrington;

8) Martinez’s meeting with Alex Fisher;

9) Martinez’s plan to kill Sebastian;

10) Sebastian’s meeting with Mrs Tibbet and Janice;

11) Sebastian’s talk with Bruno about a sudden change of Don Pedro’s attitude to Bruno’s friend;

12) Sebastian and Bruno’s trip to Cambridge.

8. Read the following summary of the tenth portion and fill in the missing facts and words.

As Don Pedro leaves the garden party at the British Embassy, he seems drunk, if not on wine, then on the thought of mixing with the royalty. But he quickly changes tack and gets down to business.

He pays Sebastian in advance for his help with the parcel. Seb wants to tell Don Pedro that he will be joining Bruno at Cambridge but thought better of it.

Sebastian has only two days left in Buenos Aires and he goes out of his way to make the use of it, as the city has a lot to offer.

Don Pedro informs Sebastian that he will have to go to the British Embassy, as he seems to have entered the country without a passport. Seb tries to hide his dismay; he wonders why his father had to come halfway round the world just to meet him for a few minutes.

Meanwhile, Harry flies back to London, and Emma, Giles and he have a meeting with sir Alan. They manage to decipher a message from the Ambassador and learn how Don Pedro plans to bring his counterfeit money to England.

Sir Alan meets John Rothenstein, the director of the Tate Gallery, to ask him a few questions about the cast of the Thinker, which is coming under the hammer at Sotheby’s in a couple of days. When Sir Alan sees the sculpture, he immediately understands where Martinez has secreted the eight million pounds.

At the auction Don Pedro has to bid more than he has planned, but he finally gets hold of the sculpture. He wants to savour the moment but to his shock he finds no money in the sculpture. He shouts at everybody at the top of his voice and threatens to bring the Clifton-Barrington family to their knees. He wants to get rid of Sebastian and suggests that Bruno let Seb go to Cambridge in Bruno’s new MGA. No doubt, Sebastian rises to the bait.